Hi Paul, I think courier-mta (the whole package) got most features that you might need without any need for patchig or tweaking (ssl, tls, cram-md5, mysql, virtual users/domains etc) and the installation manual is pretty comprehensive.
If you are looking into qmail then I have followed the life with qmail (http://www.lifewithqmail.org). Even if you follow something else, you should read this. http://www.qmail.org/netqmail/ is also something you might want to take a look at. HTH R'twick On Mon, 2004-10-18 at 09:05 +0400, Paul Larue wrote: > R'twick, > Thanks for the precious info. Could you point me to some tutorial where I > could have a setp-by-step manual of how to install those products? The fact > is that some software need to be jailed in some chroot, others need to be > patched and others need some special tweaking to work with a database. > That's the case of postfix to run with MySQL > > The problem is that most of the time, the manuals do not say what to do in > terms of troubleshooting. They just say "you should have this_n_that as > output" but don't say what you should check if not! :) > > Anyway, thanks for the tips. I'm happy to see that you mentioned most of the > software I selected like clamav, squirrelmail etc.. > > Paul > > > > > | -----Original Message----- > | From: R'twick Niceorgaw [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > | Sent: 15 October 2004 18:34 > | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | Subject: [wdvltalk] Re: Linux Mail Server Recommendations > | > | Hi Paul, > | I never used Postfix so can't help you with that one. > | If you want to give your users ability to access their mail > | form multiple machines (like form home as well as office) > | IMAP is the way to go. Courier-IMAP is the one I use and I > | think it does a good job. For webmail squirellmail or > | Horde/IMP are pretty good. > | I'm currently using Qmail + Courier-imap + Horde as my email > | server with support for smtp auth and pop before smtp patch > | for qmail. For antivirus and spamfiltering, I'm using > | Clam-av, f-prot and spamassassin through qmail-scanner > | package. Also, I'm using tmda for challenge/response spam > | filtering. This setup is working quite fine. However I'm > | thinking of switching to the full courier email server > | (smtp/pop/imap) and squirellmail. Courier email server is > | very advanced, fast and secured (with builtin support for > | SSL/TLS etc). > | > | I found both qmail and courier smtp/pop/imap servers easy to > | setup (though never tried postfix so can't comment on it). > | One reason I'm still using qmail is its very matured and > | proven. But, you will need to do a lot of patching to get > | every feature you need. > | For courier, I found the installation manual at the author's > | site is enough. it also has a web based configuration feature > | which always worked for me. > | > | HTH > | R'twick > | Quoting Paul Larue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > | > | > Hi list. > | > I'm in the process of setting up a linux mail server for > | our office. > | > It will be used as our public mail server and should provide POP, > | > SMTP, Antivirus, Spam and webmail and eventually LDAP. POP and SMTP > | > should be secured by SSL so will webmail. I dunno if LDAP can be > | > SSL'ed but if it can, then it'll have to go through the SSL too :) > | > > | > I made a trial install some weeks ago with the following: > | > PostFix/Qpopper and the POP-Before-Smtp package > | > > | > Being a linux complete newbie, it worked to some extent (I was quite > | > surprised!!) but postfix refused obtinately to relay mails from > | > authenticated users to other domains. > | > > | > I formatted the whole box and started again (I'm using debian woody > | > 3). I found a tutorial for installing: > | > Postfix/courier-maildrop/courier-imap/cyrus > | sasl/openssl/clamav etc... > | > Works to some extent but postfix refuses to start! Doesn't > | even give > | > any error in /var/log/mail.log only states it started... > | > > | > Anyway, I'm ready to format the whole thing again and to do a REAL > | > CLEAN install. And for that I'll need your help! > | > > | > I have read on IMAP and found that it has some interesting features > | > mostly for people who move a lot and tend to check their email from > | > different sources and not always on their laptops... IMAP is also a > | > "step" forward groupware. > | > > | > I'm facing the following dilemas: > | > 1) Should I use IMAP instead of POP? > | > 2) What are the best products (free of course) for > | SMTP/POP/WebMail (I > | > was using squirrel mail)/LDAP/IMAP/AV/Spam etc... > | > > | > I'd appreciate any recommendations and hints. If someone > | can show me > | > some nice tutorials (that work and that include necessary do's and > | > don'ts and troubleshooting, not like the one I've read) > | > > | > Thanks a lot for your help and keep in mmind that vi is a > | complete new > | > thing to me!!! > | > > | > > | > Paul > | > > | > > | > > | > ____ . 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