Excellent. Yes, I was going to go with Postfix, but had to give sendmail a chance. Hah.
I will be looking into Courier... not many users or domains at all - about 10 domains, maybe 5-20 users per domain - some cross domains. Thanks Jason! --Aaron On Sat, 2005-04-09 at 02:12 -0400, Jason Tower wrote: > no matter what, yout postfix instead of sendmail. that's an easy choice. > > if you don't have a huge number of users, courier is probably the best > pop/imap solution. you can handle multiple domains in a variety of ways > (postfix virtuals, sendmail virtuals, mysql/ldap virtual users, etc) and > it's a snap to use procmail or maildrop to invoke spamassassin. cyrus > is the other obvious choice, it's more complicated (IMO) but better > suited to handling lots of users in lots of domains. > > i've run postfix/courier/procmail/spamassassin on my hosting server for > a handful of domains for a couple of years now. it's both rock solid > and very simple to set up. manageability might suffer if i had hundreds > or thousands of user accounts but i'll cross that bridge when i come to it. > > jason > > Aaron Bockover wrote: > > Howdy! > > > > I made the jump to Linode UML hosting, and am rolling Debian/MySQL > > 4.1/Apache2/PHP 5 out on the box. That end of things is all set up. The > > server supports about 10 domains, each with separate Apache Virtual > > Hosts, MySQL databases, shell accounts, etc. Pretty much standard stuff. > > > > I'm quite knowledgeable in the area of MySQL/Apache/PHP server stuff, > > and general admin stuff, but what I haven't had much experience with is > > email systems, since I've never had a real fat pipe to the house, and > > always had great shared web hosting, I just used my hosted email on my > > virtual servers. > > > > So what to install on my new UML server? I don't really know where to > > start, but here are the things I need: > > > > - IMAP, POP3 optional (would be best if it's an IMAP server that > > supports a "virtual" POP3 layer) > > - Multiple Domain support ([EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] need > > to be SEPARATE accounts) > > - Further Multiple Domain support, this one is optional, but desired: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] are the SAME account, but [EMAIL > > PROTECTED] > > is DIFFERENT than the other two... > > - Spam Assassin is a must - I'm currently using it on my shared hosting, > > and it captures about 95% of my spam. Not sure how this gets configured, > > but I'm guessing it comes into play regardless of mail system? Eigh? > > > > I also need an SMTP server. Should I just use sendmail, or go to > > Postfix? Any good recommended reads for either? > > > > I have been running Hula on my home server for a few weeks, trying it > > while pondering the move to UML. Conceptually, I like it, and I'd > > probably use it, but it doesn't support multiple domains like I need. > > Unless I'm missing something? > > > > Some guided advice would be splendid! > > > > Thanks! > > -Aaron > > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
