January 27, 2006
http://www.serverwatch.com/news/article.php/3580951
Page 2:
Tips of the Trade
You've probably heard the praises of Qmail, Professor Dan Bernstein's
excellent MTA, and you may even have tried to set up a mail server
with it. Chances are you found the documentation to be not entirely
adequate, and community support not quite what it could be either. Any
problems you encountered are not because you're not smart enough but
because getting help is sometimes more difficult than it needs to be.
Don't give up on Qmail yet because it is a great MTA. Bernstein claims
it will move more messages on old weak hardware than any MTA on any
platform, and he is so certain it is completely secure that he
promises a $500 cash reward to anyone who can find a security flaw.
To install and administer Qmail the easy way, take a look at Qmail
Toaster. Qmail Toaster packages a complete mail server, based on
Qmail, into easy-to-install RPM packages. You get everything you need:
Webmail, anti-malware, a mailing list manager, IMAP and POP mail,
encryption, a MySQL database backend, SPF (Sender Policy Framework)
and a Web-based administration panel. There is even a Sendmail
migration tool. An MS Exchange migration tool would make even more
admins happy.
Qmail Toaster works with Red Hat Linux, CentOS, Fedora, Mandriva,
Trustix, and Open SUSE. It installs from source RPMs, so you can
install it on other RPM-based systems by tweaking the spec files a
bit. With the automated install you'll have a fully functioning mail
server in a couple of hours or less. You may also install individual
components manually, and take complete control of the installation.
Qmail Toaster has no commercial support, but the mailing list is
refreshingly civilized and helpful. In addition, every component of
the server is standard free/open source software, and it has its own
documentation and user communities.
Carla Schroder writes the Tips of the Trade section of Enterprise Unix
Roundup. She also appears on Enterprise Networking Planet and Linux
Planet, covering Linux from the desktop to the server room. She is the
author of the Linux Cookbook and the upcoming "Linux Networking
Cookbook."
---------------------------------------------------------------------
QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted <http://www.vr.org>
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
