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What does it takes to Build a Mail Server?

Subject: What does it takes to build a mail server, its just for fun and learning.

Am bad at being techinical, so in short, how to create a gmail-like thing? I have a registered domain, and want to setup a mail server. Have a spare laptop that is running Ubuntu 12.04. What I need to know is, what books or websites or terms I should search so I get started on this. And what would be the sequence? I have looked up and SquirrelMail something comes up often. The thing is, I have seen its interface and it really sucks so I would appreciate if anyone can tell how to tweak such openware softwares for gmail kind of an interface, what language do I need to learn/master?

Background: I am intermediate at all *nix OS(es). Beginner's Level in MySQL. I can write short scripts in Shell. CCNA certified so pretty basic with Networking too. Professional experience of 2 years in Storage and Backup administration.

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mail

mail(1B)					     SunOS/BSD Compatibility Package Commands						  mail(1B)

NAME

       mail, Mail - interactive message processing system

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/ucb/mail ...

       /usr/ucb/Mail ...

DESCRIPTION

       /usr/ucb/mail and /usr/ucb/Mail are provided as links to /usr/bin/mailx. See mailx(1) for more information on the usage of these commands.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

   /usr/ucb/mail
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWscpu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

   /usr/ucb/Mail
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWscpu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       mailx(1),attributes(5)

SunOS 5.11							    19 Aug 1998 							  mail(1B)