Re: [ALUG] Thunderbird as webmail server

Mark Rogers mark@quarella.co.uk wrote: [...]

I have seriously considered setting up postfix, fetchmail, courier, etc

• it might be useful as an end in itself, but is overkill for what I

want. Eg: if my Dad wants access to his email while away from home I stand a better chance of getting him to install a TB add-on than a mail server!

It would probably still require installing a VNC server and a web server, but you might find a Java VNC client. (ow, evil.)

Someone might be able to build something on top of the POW -- Plain Old Webserver extension, but I can't see anything complete.

I suspect it would be as well to copy/redirect email to an IMAP service and access that with a web mail or a portable client. Opening a domestic machine up to remote access seems risky.

Regards,