Whooo hoooo GUM! Hey Doug,
Anyway I'm in the process of migrating from Exchange as we speak, the setup I'm using is ASSP > Postfix > Zarafa And I agree about mailscanner, and amavis, spamassassin = pain in the arse That's why I like ASSP all of those rolled into one nice SMTP transparent proxy ;) you should check it out. Cheers, Eric On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 8:49 AM, Douglas Stanley < [email protected]> wrote: > Well, just my 2 cents, realistically, what's more of a security risk, > running webmin, or running windows server? :) > I'd actually put them about neck and neck. You basically asking to get > hacked either way, unless you really > lock down the webmin, but if you know enough to do that, then you > probably aren't running webmin. > > As for mail, yeah what all would this mail server be doing? If you're > talking about using it in conjunction > with win 2k3 server, most people who do that use ubuntu/linux as the > filtering proxy, but maybe this person > is trying to migrate away from exchange... > > If you're making a relay/filtering proxy, then I'd say postfix + > amavisd-new +clamd + spamassassin... > I wish I had an easier to configure option, but it seems the only > other major alternative is mailscanner, > which seems just as difficult to configure as amavis. > > As for mail storage, seems like dovecot is the standard choice, > however, I've long been a huge fan of > dbmail. It's probably the easiest mail store to set up and maintain. > Plus it's very fast, and pretty easy > to scale (just need to know how to scale a db server). > > Anyway, just my 2 cents :) Everyone keeps chipping in their 2 cents, > and we'll soon have enough to buy > a pack of gum! > > Doug > > On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 10:56 AM, Eric Peters <[email protected]> > wrote: > > In my humble opinion webmin shouldn't be used in a production environment > > (or any environment for that matter). Remember a web-server running > Webmin > > must be run 'setuid root', an improperly configured Webmin can pose a > huge > > security threat to the system running it. Having such a powerful tool in > the > > hands of a ignorant new user that is publicly accessible is just asking > for > > trouble. If you can't administrate your server via CLI then you'd be > better > > off running a windows server. Just my 2 cents on the webmin thing. > > > > Also there are other questions that need to be asked before you just sudo > > apt-get install MTA, IMAP, ANTI-SPAM, ANTI-VIRUS etc... > > > > i.e. is this mail server going to just be an MTA, is it going to provide > a > > mail store for users, is it going to provide access to the mail store via > > IMAP, POP, or some other protocol, is it going to have any enhanced > security > > for relays, spam, viruses etc... or do you just need the server to send > > system email. This is why I feel why you shouldn't just tasksel mail > server, > > your going to have to do some research and planing before deploying a > mail > > server. > > > > Cheers, > > Eric > > > > On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 6:15 AM, Jim Tarvid <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> I am curious. Why shouldn't a new debian/ubuntu not use tasksel > >> mail-server? > >> > >> tar...@venus:~$ tasksel --task-packages mail-server > >> dovecot-imapd > >> procmail > >> dovecot-common > >> postfix > >> libpth20 > >> libgpgme11 > >> libmysqlclient16 > >> mutt > >> libpq5 > >> ssl-cert > >> mailx > >> bsd-mailx > >> dovecot-pop3d > >> mysql-common > >> > >> Not a bad start in two minutes flat. > >> > >> And why shouldn't a new user install webmin? They get a tool to explore > >> configuration and a path towards intimacy and awareness that can lead to > >> understanding. Of course, intellectual investment is required. > >> > >> > >> > >> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 8:51 AM, Emil Tullstedt <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> > >>> Best Andrew! > >>> With Server 2003, do you mean Windows Server 2003 or a server from > 2003? > >>> Ubuntu Server is not an add-on for Windows Server 2003, but an external > >>> server operative system. > >>> If you wants to setup a mailserver with Ubuntu, please look at this > page > >>> first: > >>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MailServer > >>> -- > >>> sakjur > >>> Emil Tullstedt > >>> ~~~~~~~~~~ > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 2:05 PM, Andrew Butcher > >>> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Hi Guys > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> I need some help setting up mail server using ubuntu software on > server > >>>> 2003 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Andrew Butcher > >>>> +260979783583/+260955202198 > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> ubuntu-server mailing list > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server > >>>> More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> ubuntu-server mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server > >>> More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Rev. Jim Tarvid, PCA > >> > >> > >> -- > >> ubuntu-server mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server > >> More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam > > > > > > -- > > ubuntu-server mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server > > More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam > > > > > > -- > Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. > See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html > > -- > ubuntu-server mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server > More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam >
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