[KLUG Members] pop/smtp or imap

[awilliam at whitemice.org]

> I was about to start setting up an e-mail server on my home network
> using pop3/smtp and saw Adam's comments on IMAP.  
> So, what does everybody recommend for a small server handling than 20
> email addresses?  I thought IMAP was for bigger needs.  What's easiest

It isn't about scale, just sanity.  IMAP keeps the mail on the server, 
where it can be backed up (much more easily), searched & sorted (faster, 
usually), and accessed from multple clients (even simultaneously).  All 
these are benefits even for a lone user.

> to set up?  Maintain.  Above all, whats the best place to read up on it?

A recent SuSe distro should be working pretty much out of the box with 
Postfix (or sendmail if you want) and Cyrus IMAP (which can also do POP if 
you want).