[ILUG] setting up an IMAP server.

[Timothy Murphy]

On Thu 20 Sep 2007, Darragh Ó Héiligh wrote:

> I am trying to set up a machine to basically take mail from a few mail
> boxes so I can use something like squirrelmail to read them while away
> or Imap while I'm at home.
>
> I've got ISPConfig up and running and I must say it looks like a great
> tool but I don't think it's really cut out for what I want to do.
>
> The way I think it should work is the following:
> Fetchmail should check these three or four accounts for mail, spam
> assasson should get rid of any spam, Clamav should check for viruses
> and I should then be able to set up something like (currior)? to
> handle the IMAP side of things.  While away from home, I should be
> able to set up squirrelmail so I can access it via webmail.
>
> I'm hoping sendmail can be configured to send from a number of
> different accounts.  Can any one verify if this is possible?
>
>
> So, do you think I should try to configure these applications manually
> or use something like ISPConfig to do it.
>
> If manually, where do I start?
>
> I just need a few pointers in the right direction.  I've tried messing
> around with fetchmail before but I got slightly stuck but I'm hoping
> this time I'll know a bit more about it.

I'm doing more or less what you want,
running dovecot as an IMAP (actually IMAPS = IMAP + SSL) server.

I run fetchmail as a cron job every few minutes,
getting email from various places.
Here is part of my .fetchmailrc :

poll mail.tcd.ie
        proto IMAP
        user "***" password "***" ssl

poll pop.gmail.com
        proto POP3
        port 995
        user "***" password "***" ssl

This is my /etc/cron.d/fetch.gmail

	5,35 * * * * tim /usr/bin/fetchmail -s pop.gmail.com

My .procmailrc reads in part

MAILDIR=/var/spool/mail
DEFAULT=$HOME/Maildir/

:0fw:spamassassin.lock
* < 256000
| /usr/bin/spamc

:0:
* ^X-Spam-Status: Yes
/tmp/CaughtSpam

This seems to work OK.
Any comments on my setup gratefully received.