What is the easiest way to automatically archive multiple IMAP accounts?
Depending on what your exact requirements are, there are a few ways you could do this, I think. One way would be to set up a mailserver that acts as an intermediary. Rather than connecting directly to Gmail / their normal mailhost, users configure a desktop client and connect to the mailserver. It in turn connects to their outside mail accounts and downloads everything. It also handles sending, by acting as a “smarthost,” taking in mail and sending it out to the regular mailserver (Google’s SMTP server, etc.). That would be complicated to set up but probably doable. You’d probably want to find someone who’s a relative expert in mailserver configuration to make sure you don’t screw anything up and lose people’s email. I’m pretty sure you can configure something like that in Postfix or Exim, but it’s beyond my personal capabilities. Another, simpler way, if you don’t need to record ALL email being sent in/out by your employees, is to set up a mailing list or “reflector” for project use.
