kashani <kashani-list <at> badapple.net> writes:
> I've been running a Gentoo mail server for either work or personal use > and usually both since 2001. No real problems, but you do have to watch > some updates especially sasl and courier. OK. > My current system is > Postfix-2.5 At minimum I'd use Postfix-2.2 which has the better syntax > for your virtual statements. > Postgrey for greylisting, had some issues with sqlgrey. > PostfixAdmin, because using phpmyadmin to manage your accounts and > domains is futile. I'm still on 2.1 and need to check out the newer > version. Requires PHP and a webserver. > courier-imap and cyrus-sasl. Thinking about moving to Dovecot since you > can use dovecot-sasl with Postfix under Gentoo. > Mysql5 > It's fully virtual, supports smtp and imap over ssl, sasl, skipped TLS, > and easy to manage. I do not recommend the Gentoo Virtual How-to, it's > ancient and silly. Is this the page your refer to? http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/virt-mail-howto.xml > I used to have a how-to on gentoo-wiki which I need to recreate. Maybe > this weekend. Very cool. > In regards to stability... don't update right away. When Postfix 2.6 > comes out, give it a month. Or play with it in a virtual server. Same > with Mysql 5.1. Or whatever. I've run three separate companies on Gentoo > and never had much of an issue though I always had a test/stage/qa > environment of some sort. Also keep an eye on the forums and this mail > list. That'll usually give you a heads up when an update isn't quite right. Well all of this is great news. I've pretty much decided to build a postgtres mail server, mostly like what you have outlined.. I'm likely to set up a second, duplicate machine for testing. Drop a line to the list, when you have your wiki page up and I'll follow it and make some notes on the process of settting up a postfix mail server on gentoo.Maybe you could fix up this wiki?(or build another?): http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Postfix Do you use a regular gentoo kernel, hardened setup, or what packages to keep the mail server tightly secure? excellent notes! James
