Am 13.11.2012 07:54, schrieb Muhammad Yousuf Khan: > 1. Local storage of emails, so none of the emails go to internet or US > mail serer for inside communication
thats a typical multi office inside mailserver > 2. i need to provide imap facility to all the users for connecting > from there smartphones and laptops. not very much difference to normal mail clients if in imap mode > 3. want to multipop (mailerdemaon terminoligy to sync mailboxes) email > to sync mail boxes in US and my local server. syncing is not always the best solution, that depends on many factors > > 4. some of the users still use US mail server. therefore email for > same domain (but users who are not present in local mailserver) shell > be sent to US office. > yeah ,but where is the question ? > 5. spam filter. virus scan. no real problem, thats state of the art > > 6. backup and restore. i do have an option of backing up email by > backup the whole Virtual machine. however if i can find a utility > which can backup whole setting with out problem would be more helpful. virtual machines have lots of benefits, but its also an additional bug layer, depends on your whole layout if you choose it sometimes it makes not real sense with mail mailbox backup with maildir is easy using i.e rsync snapshot if you need copy from every mail configure a mail archive i dont see any hard problems with what you want , but you should consult some postfix/dovecot professional which design may best fit to your needs in whole, cause there are too many ways you can go these days, this is simply too much for advice on public lists Best Regards MfG Robert Schetterer -- [*] sys4 AG http://sys4.de, +49 (89) 30 90 46 64 Franziskanerstraße 15, 81669 München Sitz der Gesellschaft: München, Amtsgericht München: HRB 199263 Vorstand: Patrick Ben Koetter, Axel von der Ohe, Marc Schiffbauer Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Joerg Heidrich
