Mail server add-on for ReadyNAS?

Milhouse wrote:
I'd kill for a little IMAP email server that I could run on the ReadyNAS which sucks emails down from my ISP's POP server, allowing me to connect to the ReadyNAS IMAP server from my phone, and of course from Thunderbird on XP when I'm at home.

You are not alone - I'd love to have that feature, as well.
Actually it's quite natural for a NAS to host not only files but also mails (via IMAP).
Some guys still believe that this is about full SMTP support - no, not at all.
My ISP is running the SMTP server. I'm currently pulling the mails via POP3 (because he'd like to charge my extra for IMAP support). So, if ReadyNAS would pull the mails via POP3 and make them available (in my intranet) via IMAP that would be perfect.

I'd be fine if ReadyNAS would check for new mails every 5 minutes or so.
SPAM filtering is done by the ISV's SMTP server.
So, CPU load should not be increased much.

I would be too interested in having a email server on the NV+ :
I have 3 comps I run at home, and nothing bothers me more than having to turn the one that has the mails because I forgot some info.
I would love to have the possibility to be able to retrieve & store my mails on the NAS and then thru push or whatever, just be able to read them from any of my computers (got Windows, Android and OSX...).
Do you think there might exist a solution to have a daemon running on the NV+ that retrieves the mail and store them on a temp file, while having a client on a computer that would allow me to read them & organize them ?

Fandaor

any news ?

Actually, you shouldn't have to.

-Stefan

I think I have to reboot the device :neener:

Ah, sorry, I forgot.
You have to change the configuration in /etc/exim/exim.conf.

-Stefan

sorry - but this is NOT the answer of my question.

michaelxy wrote:
What Config must I Change to make the exim Mail-Server be able to relay Mail ? I have some tools, which will send Mail-Notifications through a smtp relay Server.

Instead of having your tools send their mail through Exim on the ReadyNAS it would be much easier and more failsafe to provide those tools with the credentials you use to connect to you email provider and have them send their stuff that way.

-Stefan

What Config must I Change to make the exim Mail-Server be able to relay Mail ? I have some tools, which will send Mail-Notifications through a smtp relay Server.

thanks.

claykin wrote:
Sorry if I didn't understand your desired setup from the beginning.

No problem. I think I misunderstood you as well. I thought you were against providing a mail server on the ReadyNAS just because of the possibility that someone could connect it to the internet. That's why I said it's not the technology causing the risks but the users.

claykin wrote:
but others will want to host their own mail with a FQDN.

Sure. But I still believe that those who intend to do that either know what they are doing or will learn very promptly that although email may seem simple when used with a client it is quite a different beast once you try to tame it yourself ;)

Regards,
Stefan