Home-Made .Mac

While browsing Slashdot a year or so ago, someone mentioned creating their own .Mac server. It sounded like a great idea, however laziness set in and it was never accomplished...

Do It Yourself... (Score:5, Informative)
by pandrijeczko (588093) on Friday August 20, @05:50AM (#10020845)

1. Linux/BSD server connected to your broadband link.

2. Dynamic DNS service on your IP address from your ISP.

3. Procmail & fetchmail grabbing mail from the ISP mail server.

4. Strong firewall rules & SSH-only access with public & private keys.

5. Carry around your private key with Putty on a USB memory stick and / or a floppy disk.

I have 160GB of storage and can get to my email form just about any PC in the world. Plus I haven't got to worry about "yet another email account".