sorry, talking rubbish. "local imap directories" should read "local maildir directories". i think getmail can also deliver directly to maildir if you don't wa

sorry, talking rubbish. "local imap directories" should read "local maildir directories". i think getmail can also deliver directly to maildir if you don't want procmail in the middle. and in case the last part wasn't clear, dovecot can serve imap from those maildir directories for squirrelmail to display. finally, in my experience, opensuse is the easiest linux distro to get this kind of thing working on. the Yast tool strikes a good balance - it gives you auto-config for simple tasks, but you can still drill down to standard config files when needed.