Re: Secure email server setup

2018-01-17 Thread rhkramer
On Monday, January 15, 2018 01:51:30 PM rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > (My understanding of SMTP may be faulty, but, AIUI, if your ISP is your > SMTP server, email is stored there (unless deleted) (so that you can > access it from more than one of your computers. For the record: 1) My

Re: Secure email server setup

2018-01-16 Thread Brian
On Mon 15 Jan 2018 at 16:22:26 -0500, Henning Follmann wrote: > On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 08:42:34PM +, Brian wrote: > > On Mon 15 Jan 2018 at 14:51:56 -0500, Henning Follmann wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 08:34:33PM +0100, Jonathan Sélea wrote: > > > > > > > > As other people

Re: Secure email server setup

2018-01-16 Thread Jonathan Sélea
On 01/15/18 22:30, Henning Follmann wrote: > On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 08:56:20PM +0100, Jonathan Sélea wrote: I would not recommend having a emailserver on the same server as a website, because if the website is compromised the "hacker" can just use the mail() function to send

Re: Secure email server setup

2018-01-15 Thread Henning Follmann
On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 08:56:20PM +0100, Jonathan Sélea wrote: > >> I would not recommend having a emailserver on the same server as a > >> website, because if the website is compromised the "hacker" can just use > >> the mail() function > >> to send emails in your name. > > so can she/he if the

Re: Secure email server setup

2018-01-15 Thread Henning Follmann
On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 08:42:34PM +, Brian wrote: > On Mon 15 Jan 2018 at 14:51:56 -0500, Henning Follmann wrote: > > > On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 08:34:33PM +0100, Jonathan Sélea wrote: > > > > > > As other people already have said - do you really need emailserver of > > > this kind? > > > >

Re: Secure email server setup

2018-01-15 Thread Brian
On Mon 15 Jan 2018 at 14:08:35 -0500, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Monday, January 15, 2018 01:58:08 PM Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 01:51:30PM -0500, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > > Does the SMTP server encrypt both between it and the "client" and between > > > it and the

Re: Secure email server setup

2018-01-15 Thread Brian
On Mon 15 Jan 2018 at 14:51:56 -0500, Henning Follmann wrote: > On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 08:34:33PM +0100, Jonathan Sélea wrote: > > > > As other people already have said - do you really need emailserver of > > this kind? > > This however is a valid question. A full functional mailserver

Re: Secure email server setup

2018-01-15 Thread Brian
to grant to their mailbox providers. The amount of info that > > can be extracted is directly proportional to their AI skills, while what > > they do with it only depends on how much greedy they are. > > > > Given this state of affairs, the absence of a clean method for set

Re: Secure email server setup

2018-01-15 Thread Jonathan Sélea
>> I would not recommend having a emailserver on the same server as a >> website, because if the website is compromised the "hacker" can just use >> the mail() function >> to send emails in your name. > so can she/he if the mailserver is on a different host. That doesn't make > any difference. It

Re: Secure email server setup

2018-01-15 Thread Henning Follmann
On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 08:34:33PM +0100, Jonathan Sélea wrote: > > > On 2018-01-15 00:19, Brian wrote: > > On Sun 14 Jan 2018 at 16:43:53 -0500, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > > >> On Sunday, January 14, 2018 02:26:03 PM Brian wrote: > >>> On Sun 14 Jan 2018 at 12:49:46 -0500, rhkra...@gmail.com

Re: Secure email server setup

2018-01-15 Thread Greg Wooledge
can be done regardless of whether the email server is physically the same computer as the web server. That separation (or lack thereof) is not relevant.

Re: Secure email server setup

2018-01-15 Thread Jonathan Sélea
018 10:36:40 AM J.W. Foster wrote: >>>>> I am looking for a reliable step by step process for setting up an >>>>> email server located on an existing website server. I have installed; >>>>> exim4 light, dovecot, Thunderbird, OpenSSL, and TLS security. I hav

Re: Secure email server setup

2018-01-15 Thread Henning Follmann
On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 01:58:08PM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 01:51:30PM -0500, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > Does the SMTP server encrypt both between it and the "client" and between > > it > > and the other end destination / source? > > No, not always. Plaintext

Re: Secure email server setup

2018-01-15 Thread rhkramer
On Monday, January 15, 2018 01:58:08 PM Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 01:51:30PM -0500, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > Does the SMTP server encrypt both between it and the "client" and between > > it and the other end destination / source? > > No, not always. Plaintext SMTP is

Re: Secure email server setup

2018-01-15 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 01:51:30PM -0500, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > Does the SMTP server encrypt both between it and the "client" and between it > and the other end destination / source? No, not always. Plaintext SMTP is the default for transferring mail from one server to another.

Re: Secure email server setup

2018-01-15 Thread rhkramer
; they do with it only depends on how much greedy they are. > > Given this state of affairs, the absence of a clean method for setting up > an email server is particularly obnoxious, IMHO. Thanks very much--that helps a lot, but due to my ignorance of email systems, let me ask a followup: D

Re: Secure email server setup

2018-01-15 Thread Alessandro Vesely
f trust users have to grant to their mailbox providers. The amount of info that can be extracted is directly proportional to their AI skills, while what they do with it only depends on how much greedy they are. Given this state of affairs, the absence of a clean method for setting up an email server is particu

Re: Secure email server setup

2018-01-15 Thread rhkramer
On Monday, January 15, 2018 04:39:17 AM Alessandro Vesely wrote: > Since most email messages are sent in cleartext, it is also worth to note > explicitly the difference in terms of privacy between receiving and > collecting. I don't understand, can you (or someone) attempt to clarify / amplify?

Re: Secure email server setup

2018-01-15 Thread Alessandro Vesely
14, 2018 10:36:40 AM J.W. Foster wrote: >>>>> I am looking for a reliable step by step process for setting up an >>>>> email server located on an existing website server. I have >>>>> installed; exim4 light, dovecot, Thunderbird, OpenSSL, and TLS Thunde

Re: Secure email server setup

2018-01-14 Thread Brian
am looking for a reliable step by step process for setting up an > > > > email server located on an existing website server. I have installed; > > > > exim4 light, dovecot, Thunderbird, OpenSSL, and TLS security. I have > > > > tried following several bits of documen

Re: Secure email server setup

2018-01-14 Thread rhkramer
On Sunday, January 14, 2018 02:26:03 PM Brian wrote: > On Sun 14 Jan 2018 at 12:49:46 -0500, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > On Sunday, January 14, 2018 10:36:40 AM J.W. Foster wrote: > > > I am looking for a reliable step by step process for setting up an > > > email se

Re: Secure email server setup

2018-01-14 Thread deloptes
basti wrote: > exim users mailing list would be a good place for your question I think. > basti, first of all we do not top post and second we reply to the message we intend to answer. As I've been using exim extensively and was part of team supporting cloud with exim and imap (dovecot), I can

Re: Secure email server setup

2018-01-14 Thread Joe
On Sun, 14 Jan 2018 15:36:40 + (UTC) "J.W. Foster" <jfoster81...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I am looking for a reliable step by step process for setting up an > email server located on an existing website server. As you say, you won't have trouble finding basic instructions. W

Re: Secure email server setup

2018-01-14 Thread Brian
On Sun 14 Jan 2018 at 12:49:46 -0500, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Sunday, January 14, 2018 10:36:40 AM J.W. Foster wrote: > > I am looking for a reliable step by step process for setting up an email > > server located on an existing website server. I have installed; exim4 >

Re: Secure email server setup

2018-01-14 Thread Brian
On Sun 14 Jan 2018 at 15:36:40 +, J.W. Foster wrote: > I am looking for a reliable step by step process for setting up an > email server located on an existing website server. I have installed;  > exim4 light, dovecot, Thunderbird, OpenSSL, and TLS security. I have > tried follo

Re: Secure email server setup

2018-01-14 Thread basti
exim users mailing list would be a good place for your question I think. On 14.01.2018 19:40, deloptes wrote: > J.W. Foster wrote: > >> I am looking for a reliable step by step process for setting up an email >> server located on an existing website server. I have installe

Re: Secure email server setup

2018-01-14 Thread deloptes
J.W. Foster wrote: > I am looking for a reliable step by step process for setting up an email > server located on an existing website server. I have installed;  exim4 > light, dovecot, Thunderbird, OpenSSL, and TLS security. I have tried > following several bits of documentati

Re: Secure email server setup

2018-01-14 Thread rhkramer
On Sunday, January 14, 2018 10:36:40 AM J.W. Foster wrote: > I am looking for a reliable step by step process for setting up an email > server located on an existing website server. I have installed; exim4 > light, dovecot, Thunderbird, OpenSSL, and TLS security. I have tried > follo

Re: Securing an Email Server

2016-05-26 Thread メット
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 2016年5月26日 23:26:38 JST, Logan Erbst <lo...@iccamnetworking.us> wrote: > >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >Hash: SHA256 > >I am running an email server Postfix/Dovecot. I had solved the problem >with securing

Securing an Email Server

2016-05-26 Thread Logan Erbst
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 I am running an email server Postfix/Dovecot. I had solved the problem with securing the IMAP connection (ie: Requiring an SSL/TLS connection before authenticating) Now I need to set the server to require an SSL/LTS connection and to authenticate

Securing an email server.

2016-05-20 Thread Logan Erbst
I am running a private email server on a VPS using Jessie, and I was wondering if anyone here has any tips for securing it. SSH root access is disabled. SSL/TLS connections are enabled on all connections, incoming and outgoing. Plaintext auth is enables (need to disable it on unencrypted

Re: How to setup a simple email server?

2014-01-26 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 1/25/2014 1:09 PM, Garry wrote: I would like to setup a simple email server and run it out of my house. I have everything needed in order to do it. In fact I had one setup successfully about a year ago and crashed it. I can't figure out how I did it. There's only two email addresses I

Re: How to setup a simple email server?

2014-01-26 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 1/26/2014 4:19 AM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: On 1/25/2014 1:09 PM, Garry wrote: I would like to setup a simple email server and run it out of my house. I have everything needed in order to do it. In fact I had one setup successfully about a year ago and crashed it. I can't figure out how I did

Re: How to setup a simple email server?

2014-01-26 Thread Mr Smiley
On 26/01/14 09:19, Stan Hoeppner wrote: On 1/25/2014 1:09 PM, Garry wrote: I would like to setup a simple email server and run it out of my house. I have everything needed in order to do it. In fact I had one setup successfully about a year ago and crashed it. I can't figure out how I did

How to setup a simple email server?

2014-01-25 Thread Garry
I would like to setup a simple email server and run it out of my house. I have everything needed in order to do it. In fact I had one setup successfully about a year ago and crashed it. I can't figure out how I did it. There's only two email addresses I would like to setup. I would like

Re: How to setup a simple email server?

2014-01-25 Thread Henning Follmann
On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 01:09:52PM -0600, Garry wrote: I would like to setup a simple email server and run it out of my house. I have everything needed in order to do it. In fact I had one setup successfully about a year ago and crashed it. I can't figure out how I did it. There's only

Re: How to setup a simple email server?

2014-01-25 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 1/25/2014 2:09 PM, Garry wrote: I would like to setup a simple email server and run it out of my house. I have everything needed in order to do it. In fact I had one setup successfully about a year ago and crashed it. I can't figure out how I did it. There's only two email addresses I

Re: How to setup a simple email server?

2014-01-25 Thread Joe
On Sat, 25 Jan 2014 13:09:52 -0600 Garry gcon...@icloud.com wrote: I would like to setup a simple email server and run it out of my house. I have everything needed in order to do it. In fact I had one setup successfully about a year ago and crashed it. I can't figure out how I did

Re: How to setup a simple email server?

2014-01-25 Thread Iain M Conochie
On 25/01/14 19:09, Garry wrote: I would like to setup a simple email server and run it out of my house. I have everything needed in order to do it. In fact I had one setup successfully about a year ago and crashed it. I can't figure out how I did it. There's only two email addresses I would

email ports forwarding w/ existing local email server.

2010-12-07 Thread Sthu Deus
Good day. I have to forward email ports from local net to the whole world. At the same time I have a local email server that functions too. - Therefore I have I divide the requests between those coming to the local one and those that go to the outer one. Having said that I have: world's net

Re: email server-static IP

2009-12-15 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Mon December 14 2009, Stan Hoeppner wrote: Your DNS service appears to be provided by this outfit below.  You would contact this outfit to change your MX records.  My guess is that there is a ton of reselling and partnering going on here behind the scenes, and you may not have any clue who

Re: email server-static IP

2009-12-15 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Mon December 14 2009, Stan Hoeppner wrote: The devil is in the details.  If your home broadband ISP is going to host your DNS, you _must_ inform your domain registrar, Netsol in this case, of your new DNS servers' and their IP addresses.  Then you must explicitly tell your broadband ISP

Re: email server-static IP

2009-12-15 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Paul Cartwright put forth on 12/15/2009 4:36 AM: On Mon December 14 2009, Stan Hoeppner wrote: The devil is in the details. If your home broadband ISP is going to host your DNS, you _must_ inform your domain registrar, Netsol in this case, of your new DNS servers' and their IP addresses.

Re: email server

2009-12-14 Thread Jon Dowland
On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 07:42:41AM -0500, Paul Cartwright wrote: so I have a DynDNS domain, that I have pointed to my router, and I want to make a mail server for that, to test with, get it setup, then I can move my REAL domain to it... All I want is a simple setup, 2-3 users, just to test

Re: email server

2009-12-14 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Mon December 14 2009, Jon Dowland wrote: If you run your mail on a dynamic IP you will probably find many sites rejecting it -- it may be listed in a PBL such as http://www.spamhaus.org/pbl/ (either now, or in the future). I'd recommend relaying your outbound email via either your ISPs

Re: email server-static IP

2009-12-14 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Mon December 14 2009, Jon Dowland wrote: If you run your mail on a dynamic IP you will probably find many sites rejecting it -- it may be listed in a PBL such as http://www.spamhaus.org/pbl/ (either now, or in the future). I'd recommend relaying your outbound email via either your ISPs

Re: email server

2009-12-14 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
On Dom, 13 Dez 2009, Joe wrote: Apologies for the source of this, but it's what I frequently quote to people needing to test mail servers, and it seems accurate, just ignore references to Exchange: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/153119 Easier than talking SMTP directly is using the

Re: email server

2009-12-14 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
On Dom, 13 Dez 2009, Paul Cartwright wrote: no, I don't want to host MY domain on dyndns, I want to host my dyndns domain on my laptop, just to setup test my own email server. I want to host my REAL domain at home, on my Debian Desktop. but I want to GET IT RIGHT before I mess up my domain

Re: email server

2009-12-14 Thread Alan Chandler
Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: On Dom, 13 Dez 2009, Paul Cartwright wrote: no, I don't want to host MY domain on dyndns, I want to host my dyndns domain on my laptop, just to setup test my own email server. I want to host my REAL domain at home, on my Debian Desktop. but I want to GET

Re: email server

2009-12-14 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Mon December 14 2009, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: How is your connection at home? Mail servers usually don't like   consumer IPs (from ADSL, cable and similar providers) because there   are many spammers in these dynamic ranges. So you will probably have   problems hosting a mail server

Re: email server

2009-12-14 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
Please reply to the list. On Seg, 14 Dez 2009, Joe wrote: Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: Easier than talking SMTP directly is using the swaks utility, available in the swaks package. Is it cross-platform? It's written in Perl, and Perl is cross-platform. So I'd say yes. I regret to say

Re: email server-static IP

2009-12-14 Thread Alan Chandler
Paul Cartwright wrote: On Mon December 14 2009, Jon Dowland wrote: If you run your mail on a dynamic IP you will probably find many sites rejecting it -- it may be listed in a PBL such as http://www.spamhaus.org/pbl/ (either now, or in the future). I'd recommend relaying your outbound email via

Re: email server-static IP

2009-12-14 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Mon December 14 2009, Alan Chandler wrote: Normally when you get a domain name, you should get the facility to edit the name servers zone file for the domain.  You then point the MX records where you like - just point it/them at this same static ip. I've had my domain for quite a few

Re: email server-static IP

2009-12-14 Thread Alan Chandler
Paul Cartwright wrote: On Mon December 14 2009, Alan Chandler wrote: Normally when you get a domain name, you should get the facility to edit the name servers zone file for the domain. You then point the MX records where you like - just point it/them at this same static ip. I've had my

Re: email server-static IP

2009-12-14 Thread Jon Dowland
On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 01:27:25PM +, Alan Chandler wrote: Normally when you get a domain name, you should get the facility to edit the name servers zone file for the domain. You then point the MX records where you like - just point it/them at this same static ip. Just to be picky, you

Re: email server-static IP

2009-12-14 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Mon December 14 2009, Alan Chandler wrote: if I dropped my domain hosting company, you are saying I would go back to network Solutions to get my MX records done? or my ISP... Presumably Network Solutions. I have Freeparking.co.uk look after my domains, and they provide me with a web

Re: email server-static IP

2009-12-14 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Paul Cartwright put forth on 12/14/2009 6:11 AM: On Mon December 14 2009, Jon Dowland wrote: If you run your mail on a dynamic IP you will probably find many sites rejecting it -- it may be listed in a PBL such as http://www.spamhaus.org/pbl/ (either now, or in the future). I'd recommend

Re: email server-static IP

2009-12-14 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Mon December 14 2009, Stan Hoeppner wrote: From previous posts, I thought you already had an internet mail server running at a colo facility, or a VPS server running an internet mail server, and thus the basic prerequisite experience to setup another internet mail server.  Now, from you

Re: email server-static IP

2009-12-14 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Paul Cartwright put forth on 12/14/2009 7:44 AM: if I dropped my domain hosting company, you are saying I would go back to network Solutions to get my MX records done? or my ISP... Not unless Netsol was/is providing your DNS. It doesn't appear to be the case: Registrant: Paul B Cartwright

Re: email server-static IP

2009-12-14 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Paul Cartwright put forth on 12/14/2009 7:39 PM: I asked my ISP, and the response I got tells me they can take care of all the MX records, and those kinds of things. Yet, I agree, there is lots more to it. Not the smallest of which is S P @ M containment. Going from a hosting service that

email server

2009-12-13 Thread Paul Cartwright
so I have a DynDNS domain, that I have pointed to my router, and I want to make a mail server for that, to test with, get it setup, then I can move my REAL domain to it... All I want is a simple setup, 2-3 users, just to test incoming ( and outgoing) emails to a dnydns domain. What is the

Re: email server

2009-12-13 Thread Liam O'Toole
incoming ( and outgoing) emails to a dnydns domain. What is the simplest, easiest setup I can do? I don't know if it's the simplest or easiest, but the default email server, exim4, should be pretty easy to set up as you describe. After installation run 'dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config' to be presented

Re: email server

2009-12-13 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Sun December 13 2009, Liam O'Toole wrote: I don't know if it's the simplest or easiest, but the default email server, exim4, should be pretty easy to set up as you describe. After installation run 'dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config' to be presented with a configuration wizard. yeah, after

Re: email server

2009-12-13 Thread Joe
, just to test incoming ( and outgoing) emails to a dnydns domain. What is the simplest, easiest setup I can do? I don't know if it's the simplest or easiest, but the default email server, exim4, should be pretty easy to set up as you describe. After installation run 'dpkg-reconfigure exim4

Re: email server

2009-12-13 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Paul Cartwright put forth on 12/13/2009 6:42 AM: so I have a DynDNS domain, that I have pointed to my router, and I want to make a mail server for that, to test with, get it setup, then I can move my REAL domain to it... All I want is a simple setup, 2-3 users, just to test incoming ( and

Re: email server

2009-12-13 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Sun December 13 2009, Joe wrote: You can split the task of testing if you have the use of an external Internet connection, possibly over ssh: you can connect to your own server by IP address or by name using telnet. Apologies for the source of this, but it's what I frequently quote to

Re: email server

2009-12-13 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Eeeww, you're in a bad neighborhood Paul: Dec 13 14:35:52 greer postfix/smtpd[16900]: connect from liquid1.wznoc.com[72.52.240.41] Dec 13 14:35:52 greer postfix/smtpd[16900]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from liquid1.wznoc.com[72.52.240.41]: 554 5.7.1 liquid1.wznoc.com[72.52.240.41]: Client host

Re: email server

2009-12-13 Thread Paul Cartwright
to host my dyndns domain on my laptop, just to setup test my own email server. I want to host my REAL domain at home, on my Debian Desktop. but I want to GET IT RIGHT before I mess up my domain emails... -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux user # 367800 Registered Ubuntu User #12459

Re: email server

2009-12-13 Thread Joe
Paul Cartwright wrote: On Sun December 13 2009, Joe wrote: You can split the task of testing if you have the use of an external Internet connection, possibly over ssh: you can connect to your own server by IP address or by name using telnet. Apologies for the source of this, but it's what I

Re: email server

2009-12-13 Thread Stan Hoeppner
on dyndns, I want to host my dyndns domain on my laptop, just to setup test my own email server. I want to host my REAL domain at home, on my Debian Desktop. but I want to GET IT RIGHT before I mess up my domain emails... Now that's just plain silly. Really. If you want a reliable mail setup

Re: email server

2009-12-13 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Sun December 13 2009, Stan Hoeppner wrote: I've received spam to my inbox from all the ranges below.  Liquid Web has 8 ranges assigned by ARIN, and I've received spam from four of them.  I don't f*ck around when it comes to spam coming from no-name web hosting companies.  I usually smtp

Re: email server

2009-12-13 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Sun December 13 2009, Joe wrote: Had you, as a human, tried the suggested address, it would have reached me. I accept mail to it and abuse unconditionally, as required by RFC. not sure I understand what you are saying here.. More likely is that nearly all spam is now NDR spam, which

Re: email server

2009-12-13 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Sun December 13 2009, Joe wrote: In addition to the blacklist, I reject about twenty countries on HELO and PTR strings, a few really offensive ISPs by name (mostly German, oddly), and make an attempt to identify and reject 'generic' PTRs. Along with the Debian default of requiring

Re: Does email server OS needs clamav?

2009-12-08 Thread Sthu Deus
Thank You for Your time and answer, Sjoerd: Well, on a properly configured server, viruses shouldn't be a problem. As long as you are not running strange software on that server or open strange attachments there, that is. And then of course there are not that many Linux-viruses around

Re: Does email server OS needs clamav?

2009-12-08 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Wed, Dec 09, 2009 at 12:26:05AM +0700, Sthu Deus wrote: Thank You for Your time and answer, Sjoerd: Well, on a properly configured server, viruses shouldn't be a problem. As long as you are not running strange software on that server or open strange attachments there, that is. And

Re: Does email server OS needs clamav?

2009-12-07 Thread Sthu Deus
Thank You for Your time and answer, Camaleón: I think ClamAV should run as clamav user, not root and the same remains for many other services that use their own user. I think the same. But! In Debian all/most the mail-related services are run under the root user... I was asking here how I

Re: Does email server OS needs clamav?

2009-12-07 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:13:17 +0700, Sthu Deus wrote: Thank You for Your time and answer, Camaleón: I think ClamAV should run as clamav user, not root and the same remains for many other services that use their own user. I think the same. But! In Debian all/most the mail-related services

Re: Does email server OS needs clamav?

2009-12-07 Thread Sjoerd Hardeman
Sthu Deus schreef: I think ClamAV should run as clamav user, not root and the same remains for many other services that use their own user. I think the same. But! In Debian all/most the mail-related services are run under the root user... I was asking here how I can change it - seems nobody

Re: Does email server OS needs clamav?

2009-12-07 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Mon, 07 Dec 2009, Sthu Deus wrote: I think ClamAV should run as clamav user, not root and the same remains for many other services that use their own user. I think the same. But! In Debian all/most the mail-related services are run under the root user... I was asking here how I can

Re: Does email server OS needs clamav?

2009-12-07 Thread Nick Douma
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Of course, your linux server does not need an antivirus to protect itself, but to prevent your users to be infected. And remember that by centralizing the anti-malware checking in one point (your e-mail server) you are saving not just resources,

Re: Does email server OS needs clamav?

2009-12-07 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Mon, 07 Dec 2009, Nick Douma wrote: Have you ever heard of any Windows AV that filters *outgoing* email? Actually, most that I know do. At work, NOD32 integrates with Outlook and Thunderbird, and scans everything, even already delivered mail. I'm not sure if that last feature is really

Re: Does email server OS needs clamav?

2009-12-05 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
of magnitude faster than spamassassin for signature-based rules. their machines) - the every letter they get? - What does clamav protects: the email server or the end user (at its own machine)? Depends on how you use it. I don't know anyone who uses clamav to protect the server, you protect an Unix

Re: Does email server OS needs clamav?

2009-12-05 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Fri, 04 Dec 2009, Sthu Deus wrote: Personally, I do not trust the local network I have the deal with - much more than the Internet... So, for me it is much better to protect the server - to let it working as it should providing its services rather than try to explain the people the

Re: Does email server OS needs clamav?

2009-12-04 Thread Sthu Deus
Thank You for Your time and answer, Camaleón: In what way removing clamav you are closing a potencial security hole? :-? My worries come from the fact that many email-related services are run w/ root privileges - therefore, if a security issue occurs - there is not problem to compromise

Re: Does email server OS needs clamav?

2009-12-04 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:35:16 +0700, Sthu Deus wrote: Thank You for Your time and answer, Camaleón: In what way removing clamav you are closing a potencial security hole? :-? My worries come from the fact that many email-related services are run w/ root privileges - therefore, if a

Re: Does email server OS needs clamav?

2009-12-03 Thread Sthu Deus
Thank You for Your time and answer, Jesús: By removing your server's MTA and let the end users to deal with mail transfer you'll certainly close another one so your point is, again? Not that. I just suppose that removing clamav will close one porential security hole. MTA I would remain.

Re: Does email server OS needs clamav?

2009-12-03 Thread Sthu Deus
Thank You for Your time and answer, Camaleón: No, but it help your users to decrease the amount of code with unsafe data at a very low prize for your server performance or security ;-) My worries come from the fact that many email-related services are run w/ root privileges - therefore, if a

Re: Does email server OS needs clamav?

2009-12-03 Thread Sthu Deus
Thank You for Your time and answer, Jochen: What's worse: the mail server being taken over by an attacker, or several workstations at once? Personally, I do not trust the local network I have the deal with - much more than the Internet... So, for me it is much better to protect the server -

Re: Does email server OS needs clamav?

2009-12-03 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:12:53 +0700, Sthu Deus wrote: Thank You for Your time and answer, Camaleón: No, but it help your users to decrease the amount of code with unsafe data at a very low prize for your server performance or security ;-) My worries come from the fact that many

Re: Does email server OS needs clamav?

2009-12-03 Thread Jesús M. Navarro
On Thursday 03 December 2009 20:07:14 Sthu Deus wrote: Thank You for Your time and answer, Jesús: By removing your server's MTA and let the end users to deal with mail transfer you'll certainly close another one so your point is, again? Not that. I just suppose that removing clamav will

Re: Does email server OS needs clamav?

2009-12-03 Thread Mark Neidorff
On Thursday 03 December 2009 02:12 pm, Sthu Deus wrote: Thank You for Your time and answer, Camaleón: No, but it help your users to decrease the amount of code with unsafe data at a very low prize for your server performance or security ;-) My worries come from the fact that many

Does email server OS needs clamav?

2009-12-02 Thread Sthu Deus
at their machines) - the every letter they get? - What does clamav protects: the email server or the end user (at its own machine)? PS I want to remove it because I suppose that in case clamav blesses users' life and not server's - by removing clamav I can close one potential security whole

Re: Does email server OS needs clamav?

2009-12-02 Thread Camaleón
drop it to the end users (to be checked at their machines) - the every letter they get? - What does clamav protects: the email server or the end user (at its own machine)? I'd add clamav as a first virus barrier to protect end-users. Viruses will not hurt the (linux) server but having clamav

Re: Does email server OS needs clamav?

2009-12-02 Thread Jochen Schulz
Camaleón: On Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:38:43 +0700, Sthu Deus wrote: PS I want to remove it because I suppose that in case clamav blesses users' life and not server's - by removing clamav I can close one potential security whole. In what way removing clamav you are closing a potencial security

Re: Does email server OS needs clamav?

2009-12-02 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:51:18 +0100, Jochen Schulz wrote: Camaleón: On Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:38:43 +0700, Sthu Deus wrote: PS I want to remove it because I suppose that in case clamav blesses users' life and not server's - by removing clamav I can close one potential security whole. In

Re: Does email server OS needs clamav?

2009-12-02 Thread Jochen Schulz
Camaleón: On Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:51:18 +0100, Jochen Schulz wrote: Camaleón: On Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:38:43 +0700, Sthu Deus wrote: PS I want to remove it because I suppose that in case clamav blesses users' life and not server's - by removing clamav I can close one potential security

Re: Does email server OS needs clamav?

2009-12-02 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:34:16 +0100, Jochen Schulz wrote: Camaleón: In what way removing clamav you are closing a potencial security hole? :-? http://www.google.com/search?q=clamav+exploit Oh, sure. But you can then change the query by:

Re: Does email server OS needs clamav?

2009-12-02 Thread Jesús M. Navarro
server - No. as it protests the server OR I can easily drop it to the end users (to be checked at their machines) - the every letter they get? - Yes, you can. What does clamav protects: the email server or the end user (at its own machine)? Neither one. It just tag and (possible) strip out

email server

2006-08-08 Thread marc
Hi, I want to set up a local LAN-side email server that provides POP3 and IMAP for multiple accounts - the MUA is usually Firefox, both Windows and Linux. The source of the emails is from multiple POP3/IMAP accounts. Reading some of the zillion and one HOWTOs out there is complicating

Re: email server

2006-08-08 Thread Carl Fink
On Tue, Aug 08, 2006 at 06:29:44PM +0100, marc wrote: I want to set up a local LAN-side email server that provides POP3 and IMAP for multiple accounts - the MUA is usually Firefox, both Windows and Linux. No, it isn't. Firefox isn't a mail client. Maybe you mean Mozilla Thunderbird

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