Ask HN: Self Hosted Webmail IMAP Client?

Re:Ask HN: Self Hosted Webmail IMAP Client? by andrewcooke on Saturday July 06, 2013 @07:15AM (#5998579)

not sure exactly what you're looking for, but here's what i do:

  - download from isp using getmail via a cron job
  - store in local imap directories using procmail
  - use mutt in a shell window to read
  - use mairix to search

on top of that, in the past, i have run an imap server (dovecot was simplest iirc) and squirrelmail, to give web access. but it was more trouble than it was worth (i have mutt configured to handle the odd html only email via w3c).

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Re:Ask HN: Self Hosted Webmail IMAP Client? by andrewcooke on Saturday July 06, 2013 @02:20PM (#5999562)

sorry, talking rubbish. "local imap directories" should read "local maildir directories". i think getmail can also deliver directly to maildir if you don't want procmail in the middle.

and in case the last part wasn't clear, dovecot can serve imap from those maildir directories for squirrelmail to display.

finally, in my experience, opensuse is the easiest linux distro to get this kind of thing working on. the Yast tool strikes a good balance - it gives you auto-config for simple tasks, but you can still drill down to standard config files when needed.

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