How to optimally set up components for SOHO mail system.

[Robert Moskowitz]

Simon Slater wrote:
> 	G'day all,
> 		Given that in Fedora and Linux in general, there are many different
> ways to accomplish the same task, I would like to ask people of their
> recommendations or experiences in what components to use for a small
> mail set-up for home and office and how they link together.  From my
> reading so far an IMAP model would be good, but I am still unsure of the
> precise flow that mail would take in and out.
>
> 	Currently I use what Fedora10 defaults to (sendmail and Evolution) for
> no reason other than they are the defaults, am not sure when one stops
> and the other starts and have not looked at anything else.  I also use
> the Evo Spamassassin plugin and SA with remote filtering enabled which
> works well.  We access 10 e-mail accounts all from the same ISP.
> Different people will need to read mail from their individual accounts,
> with some accounts being read jointly by 2-3 separate users.  Volume of
> mail is low, eg. this list is 25-50% of total mail volume.
>
> 	I have found much material on the individual components, but not on
> mail processing in general and how they fit together, complement,
> compete or overlap each other.  Pointers to such process flow would be
> appreciated, as well as general opinions on piecing together such a
> project.

I have been running Scalix on Centos for a few years now.  I am getting 
ready to bail out of that and am testing out SME 
(http://wiki.contribs.org/Main_Page).  This is very stable and very 
functional for the SOHO, even SMB arena.  I suspect there are several 
ways to have those 10 mail accounts picked up by the SME mail system and 
then presented to local users either via IMAP or POP3.