On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 08:06:26AM -0400, Scott Kitterman wrote: > I wonder if we can have a supplemental task that includes a good > default set of anti-spam/anti-virus from Universe. The idea would be > a solid core that could be supported for 5 years and then a > recommended set of add-ons that are community supported.
> I'd be interested to work on this. Although I think the seeds could technically do this, I think it's more likely that we create an old fashioned meta package for this. It's definitely useful. > > > b/ what is the reasoning behind including mutt and no webmail ? > > Also, mutt (along with mailx) servers as good tools for testing when > > you're setting up a mail server. > I don't think those are valid reasons for inclusion. Personally, I've > never needed either for testing. I'd find it curious to not have some sort of mail client on my mail server. > I think keeping the installed set to a minimum is useful. If the > documentation is going to describe using these for testing, then I > think it would be fine, but otherwise not. To keep things at a minimum, the mail-server task would really only install postfix and dovecot. The reason we provide these tasks is to have a *really* simple way for a novice admin to get a reasonable (not minimal) selection of packages to accomplish a set of common things. > Personally, I think of webmail servers as being a separate class of > server than a proper mail server. My mail servers do not even have a > web server installed and I'd like to keep it that way. I'm certainly > not going to install PHP to do mail (but I don't provide webmail > either). I sense our perception of target audience and use cases differ somewhat. >>> - do we plan to add some rbl checking to postfix by default ? >> There are currently no plans to that effect that I know of. That is >> not to say that there shouldn't be. :) > I will say it then. There shouldn't be. Mail server administration is > not a newbie task. I do not believe it's possible to automate the > setup to where it will just work. Right, it probably shouldn't be *enabled* by default, but we should definitely make it easier than it is right now. -- Soren Hansen Ubuntu Server Team http://www.ubuntu.com/
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