1. just backup all of /etc. or you could set up the user accounts in
ldap and replicate it to another host, with 1000 users that might not be
a bad idea.
2. SM is pretty good, there are plugins that handle most of those tasks
and they're generally easy to setup and configure. but it's not as
slick as some of the newer ajax-style webmail setups.
jason
Douglas Ward wrote:
I have been tasked to set up a new e-mail server that will manage about
1000
mailboxes and have decided to use postfix. We can't afford to purchase 1000
additional Exchange licenses. I am interested in anyone's experiences in
the following areas:
1) I intend to set up the users (regular system accounts) on the server and
store their mailboxes in the /home/username directory. I can easily
back up
the mailbox using rsync. How can I back up the user accounts in case the
server were to ever fail? I don't think that backing up /etc/passwd will
catch the passwords.
2) I am eying squirrelmail as the webmail application. With the use of
lots
of plug-ins I can get close to the Exchange server that I am replacing.
Does anyone know of any other webmail applications that come closer to
Outlook Web Access out of the box? I am specifically thinking about auto
forwarding, out of office assistant, calendar, address book groups, contact
imports, etc...
I would appreciate any help that can be offered. Thanks!
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