4 This article describes how to set up your own IMAP server. Why not use those standard pop3 accounts we´re already using? Because once an e-mail is downloaded to a specific computer it is stored at this computer. When using different PCs at home or when you´re not at this specific computer you will not have access to this very e-mail. This sucks. So we´re not only setting up an IMAP server for your home usage, we will also install a secure webmail interface, a spam filter and an antivirus solution. When we´re done you will be able to connect via secure IMAP and HTTP to your mails from everywhere on earth and manage your mails directly on your own server. All this is done while keeping in mind a low consumption of energy of our server (you´ll see that later).

4 I own a Brother HL-1250 laser printer that can be connected via USB only. I always had it connected to my Windows box. As I recently purchased a new laptop I didn´t want to carry my files around to print them. In case you have a similar problem here´s how to share a printer over your local network with a linux server. This article refers to Debian Lenny specifically.