Email at home

[sparkymark75]

I'm running a Windows Home Server and would like to be able to run a service on it that will periodically download and store centrally my email from my ISP. I'd like the mail clients on the various devices in my house to send email via the server to my ISP for delivery.

In essence I don't think I need a full-blown mail server, just something that can receive and relay so that I can store my email centrally and access it from multiple devices.

Can anyone point me in the direction of some software (preferably free) to do this?

Thanks.

 

[SiHH]

Surely web mail is the answer ?

Gmail
Hotmail

etc etc..

 

[Ethics]

Or Imap but it'd be bandwidth from each device

 

[LeperousDust]

Yeah, I dont understand why people tend to faff around with "old" methods which are clunky and just a general pain. Its not like youre living in the arctic on a satellite line you probably have a bit of spare bandwidth to use, go with imap and gmail, that way you still get to use your beloved outlook, but also have mail on the move anywhere with a browser or phone etc... All totally synchronized and up to date. How can you get much better than that without any server back end?

 

[bledd]

use gmail

fast, awesome mail filter, virus free, accessible anywhere, the way it stores messages as 'converstations' is such an awesome way to store mails too

 

[Priapus]

use gmail

fast, awesome mail filter, virus free, accessible anywhere, the way it stores messages as 'converstations' is such an awesome way to store mails too

100% agree with this.

Love Gmail.

Gmail = Best. Email Service. Ever.

 

[LeperousDust]

And even if as i mentioned for some twisted stupid reason you don't like it. Just use its IMAP feature anwyay...