On Wednesday 23 February 2005 07:55, joseph mpora wrote: > My work place uses an Alt-N Mdaemon mail server that now has over 100 > user accounts.I have been looking to switch over to linux based solution > (this is the only critical server we have left still running on > Windows).
Glad to hear you're concerned :). > > Is there anyone on this list who has had experience moving users from > Mdaemon to a linux based email server? Well, as long as you have their usernames and passwords, all you'd need to do it block off an hour or so, and recreate them under your Linux system. An SQL-based authentication backend would be ideal, but will take more time. If in a hurry, system users would be a good start. > Mdaemon stores users' address > books in xml format,... You could check which opensource webmail servers support XML-based address formats, and simply import the data. SquirrelMail has been quite innovative over the years, but haven't used it much recently. > email messages in text files (separate files for > each msg),... Forgive my ignorance with MDaemon mail storage, but sounds a lot like Maildir, or the early days of Eudora. At any rate, going Maildir on Linux would be the way to go (mbox has way too many issues). I have setup many a SuSE box with this - using SuSE Linux 9.1 Professional (or later), using Exim as MTA and Courier as POP3/IMAP server (SuSE now comes with Courier on the CD's, so much much less hassle when installing it). Just configure your Exim to handle mail for your domain, as normal. Then tell it to deliver mail using the Maildir format, under the local_delivery transport like so: local_delivery: driver = appendfile directory = $home/Maildir maildir_format delivery_date_add envelope_to_add return_path_add And that's it. You don't have to create a Maildir directory under each users homedir, Exim will create it when delivering the first e-mail, in case it doesn't exist. > has a web based interface called WordlClient,... Simply install Courier-IMAP from the CD's (if SuSE), install a webmail server (I like Squirrel), and you're good to go. I think SuSE also have SquirrelMail on the CD's. > antivirus... ClamAV is free. Mark. > and a > host of other features. Their website is www.altn.com > > Regards > > Joseph > > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
