Recommend a Linux mail server (suite?)

In My Humble Opinion
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Well, FreeBSD, actually.

I’m trying to move all the “server type stuff” on my home LAN from a windows XP box to a FreeBSD box for various reasons.

I’ve got everything moved over except this darn mail server.

On Windows, I use 602LAN Suite for the mail server. It has loads of dandy functions I’d like to replicate in *nix:

[ul]
[li]Checks email from multiple POP3 accounts around the web[/li][li]Merges them into local mailboxes based on rules I specify[/li][li]Scans for Viruses[/li][li]Blocks spam[/li][li]Includes a POP server so the client machines around the house just connect to the BSD box.[/li][li]Includes a web mail server so I can check from anywhere[/li][li]Routes outgoing SMTP through my ISP’s mail server[/li][/ul]

I understand that most people would use a separate program for each function, but my *nix skills aren’t quite there yet.

I found this howto but dang if it aint complicated.

Is there an all-in-one suite that’s easy to install (preferably a FreeBSD Port), that can handle this? I’m hoping for something that can also be configured through a web browser, though I can do it with conf files if need be. My server has no Xwindows installed, no traditional GUI needed.

Thanks!

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Consider QMail. There are better tutorials around than the one you found, I think - try starting from The Linux Documentation Project . Even if it says “Linux” on the top, it’s pretty much relevant when it comes to this kind of things. A quick search revealed some interesting things, have a look at this page.

QMail comes with its own documentation: try downloading it and playing with it a bit.