A few challenges then I suspect. Postfix does SMTP, you need a different service for IMAP It is likely easier (to maintain) a full solution (i.e. zarafa, zimbra) instead of a combination of services (postfix/dovecot)
The point you make about low maintenance complicates things especially since there are multiple components that make up a solution. HTH Kind regards/met vriendelijke groet, Serge Fonville http://www.sergefonville.nl Convince Microsoft! They need to add TRUNCATE PARTITION in SQL Server https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/details/417926/truncate-partition-of-partitioned-table 2013/5/21 Greg Deward <greg.dew...@gmail.com> > In our conversations, the overall goal was to have a stand-alone mail > server running Ubuntu and whatever mail packages are installed in [as close > to default as possible] configuration. The server should remain isolated > and not be connected to any other box or resource. We would call into it > programmatically for all administrative functions. Since we are a > Microsoft shop, there is an overwhelming concern (read "fear") that we will > be less qualified to maintain the platform as we add other services to the > mix... in essence, we need to keep the overall mail platform as simplistic > as possible to increase the chance that our folks can maintain it with > ease. Unless an LDAP server was an absolute requirement for Postfix we > could not look at it. And, more than likely, if it was a requirement, we > would probably look to a different product. > > Early on in this project we were given a requirement to allow our members > the ability to receive "messages" from our server via IMAP. Someone > assumed writing an IMAP server service would be simple and that we would > have the cycles to do so. Over time we have discouraged this and tried to > find another IMAP service that will be able to marshal and deliver our > messages to the client. This was unsuccessful. Postfix, and a simple > server like Ubuntu, seems like the easiest method for dropping in a box > that can receive messages and allow a standard email client to pull them > down. Ultimately, it would be great to find an IMAP Server Service to > negotiate the client calls act as a proxy to our application. Until then, > Postfix appears to be the path we are on. > > I hope this helps. > > - G. Deward > > > > On May 21, 2013, at 2:32 PM, Serge Fonville <serge.fonvi...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Ah, ok. > > Well you can run OpenLDAP (for example) as a backend in the same way you > could use AD. > > Postfix can use multiple backends depending on your needs. > > What requirements do you have? > > > > Kind regards/met vriendelijke groet, > > Serge Fonville > > http://www.sergefonville.nl > > Convince Microsoft! > They need to add TRUNCATE PARTITION in SQL Server > > https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/details/417926/truncate-partition-of-partitioned-table > > > 2013/5/21 Greg Deward <greg.dew...@gmail.com> > >> Sorry... should have specified... cannot integrate with AD or the >> Microsoft environment. This needs to remain entirely stand-alone. This >> means our member base will be stored in the application's database and we >> will need to call out to Postfix to manually perform account provisioning >> and the like. >> >> - G. Deward >> >> >> >> On May 21, 2013, at 2:18 PM, Serge Fonville <serge.fonvi...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> From your mail it seems you desire a backend that can handle all that, >> you should be able to setup postfix to retrieve its users from AD. >> >> HTH >> >> Kind regards/met vriendelijke groet, >> >> Serge Fonville >> >> http://www.sergefonville.nl >> >> Convince Microsoft! >> They need to add TRUNCATE PARTITION in SQL Server >> >> https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/details/417926/truncate-partition-of-partitioned-table >> >> >> 2013/5/21 Greg Deward <greg.dew...@gmail.com> >> >>> NEWBIE WARNING: I have never used Postfix and am not a Linux guru. >>> Please be gentile. >>> >>> Is there an existing .NET library (DLL, etc.) for controlling Postfix? >>> If not, is there an existing API for applications that are NOT running on >>> the same server as Postfix? More specifically, I have a need for creating >>> users, deleting users, changing passwords, and the like. I have been >>> tasked with implementing an Ubuntu mail server and tying it into our custom >>> ERP application (written in ASP.NET <http://asp.net/> MVC and running >>> on Windows). The goal is to be able to dynamically create user accounts, >>> leverage them for a period of time, and then shut them down when a project >>> is finished. >>> >>> Thank you, in advance, for any assistance you may provide. >>> >>> - G. Deward >> >> >> >> > >
