Il 20/01/2010 16:07, Michael Zoet ha scritto: > >> I would also like a really good solid guide on this. I found one out there >> that's halfway decent, but it has errors in it that if you follow it >> exactly, won't work. > > You can never follow guides 100%! In your own network things are barely > the same as the authors network. > > I think it is better to buy some books about the topic! > > By the way there are a lot of good guides for setting up mail servers > already. I read and used them a lot. Most of them cover not all aspects > but that is impossible! E-mail is in our days the most abused system on > the Internet! And if you want to have your own mail server, reading and > learning a lot about e-mail, is the only way to get there. Otherwise you > will get into trouble, if your system is in production use. > >> >> My basic idea of what should be in it: >> >> POP, IMAP >> Spam/AV >> Webmail (with users able to reset their own passwords) >> User/Distribution list creation >> Security Guidance >> Backups/DR > > I'm not sure if you really mean this!? Even about Spam you can write tons > of books... > >> >> If the setup is vastly different depending on the number of users, then I >> would suggest creating guides for user levels. Have one for less than 100 >> users, 101 - 500, etc. >> > > The user number is not that much important for a working setup. You can > have a really complex setup with only 5 users or relatively easy setup > with 1000 or more users. And everything between. For complex setups you > should have aleady the needed knowledge and no need for documentation at > all. Just the documentation for reference. > > If you have a user number of 20 or more users, you should be able to make > your own decisions. It is really a bad idea to setup a reliable mail > server for 20 or more users, when you follow some guide and have no > knowledge about it. > >
I agree with you Michael almost at 100% :-) -- A presto -Valerio- -- ubuntu-server mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
