mail questions

[Santhosh Joseph]

Hi,

I agree with Bill.

>
> IMP or Squirrelmail will handle most of this.  Once you've got
> Postfix or the like handling basic SMTP services.

To install squirrelmail you also need to install  a webserver  (apache) 
and  PHP
Also check out the extra plugins that can be installed with squirrelmail.
Its worth the effort !

>> I would also like to setup sharable address books.
>
>
> Here, you probably want an LDAP database.  OpenLDAP is the
> place to start.

Check out this link : 
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/03/27/ldap_ab.html
That should make you smile :)