Re: [Boston.pm] OT: Recommendation for mail server?

2004-12-03 Thread Anthony R. J. Ball
To round out the virtual user solution I implemented, I used MySQL for the back-end database, Dovecot (http://www.dovecot.org/) for IMAP server (I'd recommend avoiding POP3 if you can), and maildrop (http://www.courier-mta.org/maildrop/) as the local delivery agent. Though I'm not

Re: [Boston.pm] OT: Recommendation for mail server?

2004-12-03 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 4:48 PM -0800 12/2/04, Ranga Nathan wrote: I am strongly advocating someone to get off Microsoft Exchange and move to a Linux based mail server. I have used Sendmail but I find it a bit complex . You've gotten recommendations for an SMTP server, which is good, but only part of the stuff you

Re: [Boston.pm] OT: Recommendation for mail server?

2004-12-03 Thread Federico Lucifredi
Hello, To round out the virtual user solution I implemented, I used MySQL for the back-end database, Dovecot (http://www.dovecot.org/) for IMAP server (I'd recommend avoiding POP3 if you can), and maildrop (http://www.courier-mta.org/maildrop/) as the local delivery agent. Though

Re: [Boston.pm] OT: Recommendation for mail server?

2004-12-03 Thread Sean Quinlan
On Thu, 2004-12-02 at 19:48, Ranga Nathan wrote: I am strongly advocating someone to get off Microsoft Exchange and move to a Linux based mail server. I have used Sendmail but I find it a bit complex . There has been more than enough discussion about options for replacing Exchange as just a

Re: [Boston.pm] OT: Recommendation for mail server?

2004-12-03 Thread Ted Zlatanov
From experience (2000+ users, lots of research) I would recommend either qmail-ldap or Postfix for mail delivery (MTA) and Courier IMAP for IMAP and POP service. LDAP is essential if you plan to run a serious mail server. There's very few alternatives to a well-managed LDAP server for your user

Re: [Boston.pm] OT: Recommendation for mail server?

2004-12-03 Thread Bob Rogers
From: Tom Metro [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 02:00:02 -0500 . . . Postfix had all the features I was looking for right out of the box. It installs easily on a generic Linux platform; is familiar for someone used to Sendmail; has a fairly logical configuration

[Boston.pm] OT: Open LDAP + TLS problems

2004-12-03 Thread Ranga Nathan
I am posting this on behalf of my colleague. We need to install Samba and join that with Active Directory, which requires Kerberos and Open LDAP. We have a problem installing TLS certificate. Anyone travelled this road before? TIA. __ Ranga Nathan / CSG

Re: [Boston.pm] OT: SuSE's OpenExchange

2004-12-03 Thread Tom Metro
Sean Quinlan wrote: If your really looking for a replacement to Exhange and all or most of it's services I'd recommend looking into SuSE's (now Novell's) OpenExchange server. http://www.novell.com/products/openexchange/ Getting the full product may be more money than they want to spend... Anyone

Re: [Boston.pm] OT: Courier IMAP

2004-12-03 Thread Tom Metro
Ted Zlatanov wrote: Courier IMAP is very reliable and standards-compliant. The problem with Courier IMAP is the support community. When I researched it I found several people complaining about how the lead developer(s) ran the project. So I avoided it. I ended up using maildrop, which is a

Re: [Boston.pm] OT: SuSE's OpenExchange

2004-12-03 Thread John Macdonald
On Fri, Dec 03, 2004 at 09:58:20PM -0500, Tom Metro wrote: Sean Quinlan wrote: If your really looking for a replacement to Exhange and all or most of it's services I'd recommend looking into SuSE's (now Novell's) OpenExchange server. http://www.novell.com/products/openexchange/ Getting the

Re: [Boston.pm] OT: SuSE's OpenExchange

2004-12-03 Thread Mark J. Dulcey
Tom Metro wrote: Anyone get the business model Novell is using with SuSE? They keep sending me trial CDs for SuSE (I'm on Novell's mailing list), but who wants to spend the time installing an operating system on a server only to have it expire in 60 or 90 days? If it's open source, shouldn't I