[arch-general] Which MTA to use to store mails?

[Jens John]

On Tue, 3 Jul 2018, at 15:52, Peter Nabbefeld wrote:
> topic is probably not so precise. What I want is the following:
> - I've got some Email/IMAP account.
> - My mail is hosted on a server by GMX.
> - I've got too many Emails on the host.
> - I don't want to loose any of the emails.
> - So I will have to install my own mail server,
>    fetching all my emails from the host.
> - The mail server will then have to interact with
>    my providers server like a client, working as a server for me.
> 
> I'm sure there're some good servers, but I don't know which one
> - works as expected,
> - and is easy to configure.
> 
> Any help appreciated.

If you're open to *not* setting up a complete MTA, I have the following setup:

isync set up in pull-only mode from my IMAP hoster excluding deletions: All folders from the remote are backed up to my local email storage, including the sent folder. The local storage is a maildir; my local MUA saves sent messages, drafts etc to the same folder hierarchy as the isync sync channel – this yields an integrated, simple mail system without much configuration and operations overhead. The email sync is triggered both via a hook in the MUA (mutt) and via a systemd --user timer (hourly).