On Fri, 28 Oct 2005, Steven Vishoot wrote: > hello, > > i was thinking of using postfix for a mail server, the > question is can i use this just for in bound email Yes, use your isp's mail server for outbound mail. > only and have my clients access this server locally. > the clients would be outlook. I want this to check > certain email accounts i have and download them to the > postfix mail server. The reason i would think about > doing this is my wife and i need to access both of > these accounts and i do not want to keep them on the > email account. is this feasable and secure? I do not understand what you are really trying to accomplish but one thing to keep in mind is that you will need a pop3/imap server inorder to have outlook retreive tha mail. AFAIK outlook cannot reveive mail directly. Regards, Tom Diehl tdiehl@xxxxxxxxxxxx Spamtrap address mtd123@xxxxxxxxxxxx