Local Mail Server on Linux (Mint)?

[equipment]

I am wondering how straight forward and fast is it to install a local mail server on Linux Mint?

Which approach would you recommend?

I have experience with hMail Server on Windows so far.

[xenopeek]

If you are using the Linux Mint Main Edition (based on Ubuntu), suggest you have a look here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Postfix For LMDE (based on Debian), have a look here: http://wiki.debian.org/Postfix

Some more information on adding software so that users can download email or access it through a website is here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MailServer

[equipment]

There are quite a few options.

Though I am wondering what would be an almost equal alternative to hMail as the server and Outlook as the interface for the emails. Do keep in mind I simply want it to be straight forward and easy to set up, and just use it for PHP programming (web development).

[xenopeek]

Either go the route of Postfix + Dovecot (which will let you receive email for your domain at your server, and let you access your email through IMAP or POP3), or if you want have a look at the alternatives lised for hMail on Linux: http://alternativeto.net/software/hmail ... form=linux