Totally Lost Setting up mail server - Please Help

[Spooter]

Hi all,

I'm new to linux and setting up a mail server. The reason im doing is because I want learn both. I want to be able to email [email protected] and know that its going through my mail server and stored on my PC (Not google or any other isp).

What I have..

PC with Debian Installed with gnome
Domain Name - So I can configure my own mx record and direct to my fixed isp address?
ISP with fixed IP Address.

I have read quite a bit about what's required for a mail server so I think this is required? Please correct

Mail User Agent (MUA) - Ok Debian has Evolution and my other PC Thunderbird.

Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) - Ok when I installed debian I seleted mail server so EXIM was installed.

I presume exim handles the mail once it has been collected from my ISP and sorts into in maildirs?

I then installed courier-imap courier-imap-ssl. Is this the program that then allows me to configure Evolution Mail so I can access the mail collected and sorted by exim?

So before I start the configuration I still require a program that receives the email from my domainname address?

Is this whats called Mail Delivery Agent (MDA)? Does Exim do this as well or do I need Fetchmail?

Sorry I have so many questions.

 

[Spooter]

Hi Growse,

Thanks for your effort, I will be doing some more work on this during the weekend and post back with my results.

Thanks again