[Dovecot] Two newbie problems

[Tim Bates]

Timothy Murphy wrote:
> 1.  I see my email fine on my laptop in an IMAPS account,
> but it doesn't get updated - I mean I don't get any new email -
> until I run kmail on my server.
>   
Is that because kmail is downloading it from your ISP/email host using POP3?
What I assume you are trying to do is host your emails but not run your 
own SMTP server, correct? For the purposes of having access to the same 
email collection from multiple PCs (without needing to keep them on the 
ISP server).

TB