Would a shared host provider like hostgator or webfaction work? You can
ask them about the domain setup to use them just for email.
I had good experiences with google apps in the past. I think they
lowered the free service to 10 users but I'm not familiar with what they
provide for non profits. There is a guide at linode here (if you are
using linode) http://library.linode.com/email/google-mail
As for host gator look at the comments here
http://support.hostgator.com/articles/specialized-help/email/how-do-i-change-my-sites-mx-record-to-point-mail-to-another-server-or-domain
In my experience Webfaction and Hostgator are pretty good at answering
questions.
Rackspace email hosting can be an alternative
http://www.rackspace.com/apps/email_hosting/ provides email boxes for
$2/month each... That can add up if there are a lot of people in the non
profit that needs email boxes...
On 01/31/2012 11:04 PM, Chris Joslyn wrote:
You know the story. Boy sets up webserver. Boy helps nonprofit.
Nonprofit wants boy to set up a mail server. It finishes somewhere
with boy spending too much of his free time trying to read and
remember how to do all this properly.
So.
I seek wisdom.
Facts:
Ubuntu 11.10
Reverse DNS set up.
Hostname set up.
Postfix set up.
I can send an email from the server from a command line email client.
Good so far.
Now I decide on server software. What say you? Dovecot
<http://dovecot.org/>? Courier <http://www.courier-mta.org/>? Hormel
herring <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mislead>? Something else?
Note: I doubt I'll need to set up webmail. Mostly, I'll forward email
to other addresses not on my server.
Nerd gods, show me a sign.
- Chris
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