[Discuss] Running a mail server, or not

[richard.pieri at gmail.com (Richard Pieri)]

On 6/29/2018 3:33 PM, Derek Martin wrote:
> That's essentially what I mean.  But I have to replace it with
> *something*... and as I think this thread has shown, there's no
> one-size-fits-all-nerds solution, and exactly what to do instead
> requires some thought.  And some time spent on it, to reorganize

I'm sorry, but whut? You stand up a Dovecot IMAP server with Maildir.

> data, convert mail formats, etc., which if I'm being honest, I'm
> loathe to spend.  What I've mostly been trying to say is I have the

Data and format conversion is simple: you don't. You use something like
isync (mbsync) to copy your existing mail stores to the new server and
let it do the heavy lifting. Or you can set up multiple mail servers
with your MUA of choice and copy your mail from the old store to the
new. Either way works.

There's your mail storage.

Assuming you have a working MTA: use Dovecot's deliver tool to deliver
mail to users' inboxes. This applies to both direct delivery from the
MTA and when using Procmail.

Done.

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Rich Pieri