Using Qmail as an exchange server ??
Hi ALL, I have been asked a question - and I have no idea on how to answer. Maybe you-all can help : Can a qmail server be used as a replacement for an MS Exchange server ?? What the idea is - MS EXchange does not work that good :) - and we need to replace it - but the exchange server does a poll to another Primary server at a ISP. This hold the mail spool - and when the exchange server dials in - gets the mail and the distributes it locallly . Can this be done with qmail ??? Many thanks Tonino
Re: Using Qmail as an exchange server ??
On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 01:20:47PM +0200, Tonino Greco wrote: Hi ALL, I have been asked a question - and I have no idea on how to answer. Maybe you-all can help : Can a qmail server be used as a replacement for an MS Exchange server ?? What the idea is - MS EXchange does not work that good :) - and we need to replace it - but the exchange server does a poll to another Primary server at a ISP. This hold the mail spool - and when the exchange server dials in - gets the mail and the distributes it locallly . Can this be done with qmail ??? Probably. How does it poll? Greetz, Peter.
Re: Using Qmail as an exchange server ??
Tonino Greco [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [...] What the idea is - MS EXchange does not work that good :) - and we need to replace it - but the exchange server does a poll to another Primary server at a ISP. This hold the mail spool - and when the exchange server dials in - gets the mail and the distributes it locallly . Can this be done with qmail ??? You could probably do this with a combination of qmail and fetchmail. Fetchmail is at http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/fetchmail/ -ScottG.
RE: Using Qmail as an exchange server ??
It depends on which version of Exchange you are talking about I run this exact same setup with Exchange 4.0 and qmail running outside the firewall. Exchange 4.0 does not support pop3, so there is a program freely available called pullmail that can be run on the NT Exchange server to pop email from qmail and shove it into Exchange SMTP This setup isn't the best, but it's working pretty good right now... In the mean time, I am planning on replacing Exchange with InsightServer from Bynari. Looks to be a pretty good drop in replacement for Exchange that runs on *NIX, and supports Outlook, as well as many other MUAs You can find it here: http://www.bynari.com . I don't work for Bynari, I'm just interested in their software. Good Luck! .mark -- From: Scott Gifford[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 7:30 AM To:Tonino Greco Cc:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Using Qmail as an exchange server ?? Tonino Greco [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [...] What the idea is - MS EXchange does not work that good :) - and we need to replace it - but the exchange server does a poll to another Primary server at a ISP. This hold the mail spool - and when the exchange server dials in - gets the mail and the distributes it locallly . Can this be done with qmail ??? You could probably do this with a combination of qmail and fetchmail. Fetchmail is at http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/fetchmail/ -ScottG.
