How can I host an IMAP connected to thirdparty POP? (programming.dev)

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Basically, I'd like to have my own domain e.g onlinepersona@mydomain.com but not go through the hassle of hosting my own email service: I'd like to use another service that handled SPF, DMARC, and whatever else for me, grab the emails from their service using POP, and make it available to my email client on android and Linux using IMAP. SMTP will be through the third party.

This way, if the third party starts doing some bullshit like trying to lock me in, donating to a dickhead, or whatever else I disagree with, I can cancel my subscription, move to another third party, and keep all mails on my server.

How can I achieve this? Which search terms should I be using? "Self host email server" brings up stuff that's the equivalent of self-hosting gmail, AOL, posteo, kollabnow, or whatever, but that's not what I want. "Selfhost POP relay" doesn't have much better results, always bringing up SMTP relay...

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[-] suzune@ani.social 1 points 2 years ago

That's what I do, too. My Dovecot is at home and I collect emails from all my accounts using fetchmail.

Nice thing is Dovecot Pidgeonhole for Sieve and Flatcurve for ultrafast indexing and search.

this post was submitted on 26 Feb 2025

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