On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 5:38 PM, Denis Witt <denis.w...@concepts-and-training.de> wrote: > On 25.07.2012 13:52, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > >> here is some details about my office. > > >> 1. 20 users. >> 2. pop from main server >> 3. send via SMTP >> 4. local mail distribution IMAP > > >> i am not looking in to easy or hard mail server. what i am looking is >> it should be good for my carrier and for my office too. >> secure, stable, web base console etc. > > >> btw, i have heard that there is a mailserver called zimbra. but i >> think debian is not natively supporting it. > > > Hi, > > you will need at least two things, an SMTP Server (like postfix) and an > IMAP/POP3 Server (like dovecot). > > Over the years I have used many different programs for that, starting with > Exim. But now I always use Postfix and Dovecot together with LDAP, Amavis > (Spamassassin, ClamAV) and Postgrey. > > Dovecot is quite easy to set up. Postfix might be a bit trickier, but it is > very well documented (and the mailing list is very responsive). > > Anyway, regardless which server you will choose, please do a lot of research > before you launch the server for public use. It is rather easy to set up an > open relay anybody could use for sending SPAM. Your IP will be show up on > Blacklists and you will have a lot of trouble removing them from those > lists. > > Also it is important not to use a dailup IP, instead you will need a proper > static IP with correct rDNS settings. If you don't have that in your office > you will have to use a relay server to send mails (external).
Thanks for letting me know these matters but i am not using it publicly i will be downloading my emails from my hosted mail server. > > To have a web based access to your mails I would recommend "roundcube". > Which is very easy to set up and not too bloated so your users will be fine > with that very quickly. > > If you want a web based console for all the Admin stuff you can use > "webmin", but usually there is no need for that once the server is up and > running. > > The advance setting up your mail server by hand is that you will get a > deeper understanding of what happens in case of problems. Zimbra is more > like a black box doing some magic stuff inside. (As fas as I know Zimbra is > based on Postfix.) Zimbra is also much more than just an Mailserver, it's > more like a collaboration tool like Microsoft Exchange/Outlook. > > Bye. > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject > of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/500fe8a9.5000...@concepts-and-training.de > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAGWVfMnCnU=J=7t2XNdePF9LZG=jq7pdkdphdmvq0dxnwef...@mail.gmail.com