I found that we already have a Mandrake box running Postfix. With the
reviews I had from this list, it seems to be a reasonably good choice.
Thank you all.
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Ranga Nathan / CSG
Systems Programmer - Specialist; Technical Services;
BAX Global Inc.
From: Tom Metro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 02:00:02 -0500
. . .
Postfix had all the features I was looking for right out of the box. It
installs easily on a generic Linux platform; is familiar for someone
used to Sendmail; has a fairly logical configuration
>From experience (2000+ users, lots of research) I would recommend
either qmail-ldap or Postfix for mail delivery (MTA) and Courier IMAP
for IMAP and POP service.
LDAP is essential if you plan to run a serious mail server. There's
very few alternatives to a well-managed LDAP server for your user
On Thu, 2004-12-02 at 19:48, Ranga Nathan wrote:
> I am strongly advocating someone to get off Microsoft Exchange and move to
> a Linux based mail server. I have used Sendmail but I find it a bit
> complex .
There has been more than enough discussion about options for replacing
Exchange as
Hello,
> > To round out the virtual user solution I implemented, I used MySQL for
> > the back-end database, Dovecot (http://www.dovecot.org/) for IMAP server
> > (I'd recommend avoiding POP3 if you can), and maildrop
> > (http://www.courier-mta.org/maildrop/) as the local delivery agent.
> >
At 4:48 PM -0800 12/2/04, Ranga Nathan wrote:
I am strongly advocating someone to get off Microsoft Exchange and move to
a Linux based mail server. I have used Sendmail but I find it a bit
complex .
You've gotten recommendations for an SMTP server, which is good, but
only part of the stuff you
> To round out the virtual user solution I implemented, I used MySQL for
> the back-end database, Dovecot (http://www.dovecot.org/) for IMAP server
> (I'd recommend avoiding POP3 if you can), and maildrop
> (http://www.courier-mta.org/maildrop/) as the local delivery agent.
> Though I'm not
On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 04:48:03PM -0800, Ranga Nathan wrote:
> I am strongly advocating someone to get off Microsoft Exchange and move to
> a Linux based mail server. I have used Sendmail but I find it a bit
> complex .
>
> Looking at this Qmail seems OK to me. But I believe there are some
I really like qmail... and combined with qpsmtpd I have stopped
over 90 percent of my incoming crap at the smtpd level.
On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 04:48:03PM -0800, Ranga Nathan wrote:
> I am strongly advocating someone to get off Microsoft Exchange and move to
> a Linux based mail server. I
Ranga Nathan wrote:
I am strongly advocating someone to get off Microsoft Exchange and move to
a Linux based mail server.
I think the two easy answers are:
1. Use whatever is bundled with your Linux distribution. If it is for a
small site, and they don't require anything beyond the basic
On 02.Dec.2004 04:48PM -0800, Ranga Nathan wrote:
> I am strongly advocating someone to get off Microsoft Exchange
> and move to a Linux based mail server.
I found the previous responses interesting. Nobody mentioned
Postfix or Exim.
Postfix is still my personal favorite. It's what I install
From: Ranga Nathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 16:48:03 -0800
I am strongly advocating someone to get off Microsoft Exchange and
move to a Linux based mail server. I have used Sendmail but I find it
a bit complex.
I chose qmail for my home system because I refused to
to get on Linux without a lot of hassle
and setup time.
- Original Message -
From: "Ranga Nathan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 7:48 PM
Subject: [Boston.pm] OT: Recommendation for mail server?
> I am strongly advo
On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 04:48:03PM -0800, Ranga Nathan wrote:
> I am strongly advocating someone to get off Microsoft Exchange and move to
> a Linux based mail server. I have used Sendmail but I find it a bit
> complex .
> I found this link:
> http://www.geocities.com/mailsoftware42/
>
>
I am strongly advocating someone to get off Microsoft Exchange and move to
a Linux based mail server. I have used Sendmail but I find it a bit
complex .
I found this link:
http://www.geocities.com/mailsoftware42/
Looking at this Qmail seems OK to me. But I believe there are some perl
based
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