Hi everybody.
I've been reading up how to install a mailserver for my office. At the
local computer users group I was told about using PostFix on an Ubuntu
system instead of Microsoft Exchange Server on Windows. I saw a demo at
the user group, and thought it's worth a real look. They told us ab
On 4/7/2011 8:48 PM, jeremy.als...@imap-mail.com wrote:
Hi everybody.
I've been reading up how to install a mailserver for my office. At the
local computer users group I was told about using PostFix on an Ubuntu
system instead of Microsoft Exchange Server on Windows. I saw a demo at
the user g
Hi Daniel.
That was a quick reply. Thanks a bunch.
Sorry, I got all the terminology wrong. Thanks for the lesson, though.
Hopefully it'll stick a bit.
> Even a simple modern desktop PC can easily run (host) many server
> processes. Postfix is especially economical in this regard especially i
jeremy.als...@imap-mail.com put forth on 4/7/2011 8:39 PM:
> I think I get what you're saying about servers, processes and hosts. So
> one host is good enough. It'll have multiple processes running on it.
> So how many PostFix's, or these Instances of it, do I need to install to
> just get what
On 4/7/2011 9:39 PM, jeremy.als...@imap-mail.com wrote:
[snip]
Whoa. I took a look at that and that's a bit much for me at this stage
of the came.
Do I need do it this Multi_Instace way? Even with your explanation I
still don't understand how many PostFix servers I need to install on my
one ho
Hi Stan. And Daniel.
> You're way out in front of yourself. Setting up spam filtering will
> come well after you get the basic setup accomplished and working. First
> you need to cover the basics:
I'm pretty sure I got most of these covered when we had Microsoft
Exchange set up.
> Do you have
On Thu, Apr 07, 2011 at 09:33:33PM -0700, jeremy.als...@imap-mail.com wrote:
> That's a good example. That's all on one server or instance then? I
> mean you only have one master.cf and one main.cf for your setup?
You don't have to use multiple instances if your configuration is
very simple. Mul
On 4/8/2011 12:33 AM, jeremy.als...@imap-mail.com wrote:
Hi Stan. And Daniel.
[various snips]
Answering your specific question, no, you absolutely don't need multiple
Postfix instances for a SOHO configuration:
http://www.postfix.org/SOHO_README.html
I read that but didn't see anything about
Hi Victor.
On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 00:59 -0400, "Victor Duchovni"
wrote:
> Start simple, and add features gradually. There is a steep learning
> curve for a novice to deploy a complex production system with no
> prior experience.
It sure feels pretty steep already. I guess I'm glad I'm not just
ima
On 4/8/2011 1:21 AM, jeremy.als...@imap-mail.com wrote:
If I do any of the Multiple Instance setup is there a good Document that
tells what configuration goes into what file? Does configuration flow
down from the 1st one you setup ? So that PostScreen configuration,
which looks to do some of th
> From: owner-postfix-us...@postfix.org [mailto:owner-postfix-
> us...@postfix.org] On Behalf Of jeremy.als...@imap-mail.com
> Hi Victor.
>
> On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 00:59 -0400, "Victor Duchovni"
> wrote:
> > Start simple, and add features gradually. There is a steep learning
> > curve for a novice
Simon Brereton put forth on 4/8/2011 8:19 AM:
> . Add in the postfix's native spam controls, limiting and checks
In this regard, try this out in your initial setup. A brief description
and instructions are at the top of the file. It's very easy to
implement--one line in main.cf. It will st
Hi Simon and Stan.
On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 15:19 +0200, "Simon Brereton"
wrote:
> There's a ton of howtos out there - I'm sure you can find one that suits
> all your needs. The nice thing about this one is that it'll keep you on
> the track you've been advised on - i.e. keeping things simple and ad
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