> Looking for a guide online somewhere that will walk me through > setting up a mail server with the following items on it. > > SpamAssassin > Postfix (pop3 and smtp setup) > MySQL (for database driven mail user administration) > MyPHPAdmin (to visually admin the database) > Squirrelmail (for webmail) > Apache (for squirrelmail) > Dovecot Imap (for squirrelmail) > Postfix Admin <- this is the reason for the need to have a mysql driven > mail user database. It's apparently required for this to work. Plus > database driven user management tends to be easier. Of course, if you > know > of a better way to graphically admin mail users without using a database, > I'm all ears. :) > And lastly, some kind of web based server admin page that's similar to > webmin, but more secure. > > I want to setup a mail server with all these elements, have > postfix, squirrelmail and dovecot be database driven and somehow create a > mailbox tree for the webmail users for saved, spam, sent and trashcan > folders. Also, lastly, which format for mail is better? Maildir or > Mbox? I'm partial to Mbox, but I've heard some others say Maildir is > better. The server is only going to host about 30-40 users for a realty > company, so security is priority, plus it needs to have ease of > administration because the guy who's going to admin this in the end (I'm > just building it, he's maintaining it) isn't unix savy. I've already done > a lot of google diving, but with little luck. Hence why I'm asking > here. If someone knows of a good guide or series of guides that'll help > me > through all this, it'd be greatly appreciated. I'm used to doing this the > hard way with sendmail and the regular freebsd users through the > console. So I'm really new to postfix, but I'm using it because it's > supposedly more secure. I'd have the guy who's admining it do the same, > but he's too green in the console to risk it. ;) > > Many thanks in advance for any help you can provide. :) > > > Steven Lake > Owner/Technical Writer > Raiden's Realm > www.raiden.net > A friendly web community >
Steve, Youve asked at lot of questions in one here. For 30 to 40 users what you are proposing is way over the top, I would stay away from mysql etc. I am using qmail + courier(pop3 & imap) + calamav + squirrelmail etc base on the installation from http://www.qmailrocks.org/ with some tweeks from Bill Olson's site http://www.goodcleanemail.com/ for spamassassin rules and learning etc. Bill's site is useful as he uses FreeBsd. I also used the Chkuser patch (rejecting mails during smtp for non existing users) from John Simpson's site http://www.jms1.net/ + block lists. The setup uses web based qmailadmin for managing mail boxes. It has been running for nearly 2 years now and the only maintanence has been updating clamav and tweeking the spamassassin rules. BTW qmailrocks has an updated script for a freebsd installation using most of the latest sw from ports. Although this is Beta3 it works - just used it for a small business, there is also an active mailing list where Bill and John are posting. Hope this helps and guys please no postfix is better etc. Rob _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
