[lug] Mail Daemon (pop/imap)

[mark]

> Hi all,
>
> I recently put a hole through the wall and let my mother-in-law share my
> broadband connection (we live in a duplex).  I have her up and running
> fine as far as 'net  traffic goes, but I need to give her an account on
> my Linux machine so she can get email.  I have a static IP and a domain
> name, so the email is going to be delivered directly to my machine.
>
> What is a good choice for an email server to allow her to download her
> mail messages from my box to her winblows machine?  I have always used
POP3
> for email, but I would suppose IMAP or something other would do fine.
> Something better than plain text passwords would be nice, even though this
> network is firewalled, because this is MY network ;-).
>
> Any recommendations on specific software packages?
 Hi,
It is much easier to use one of the free pop servers .  Then setup her
e-mail client to get the mail from them.
I don't have the names of the mail servers right off hand but a quick search
will find three or four.

Mark Jones