Re: [CentOS] Postfix setup

2014-08-25 Thread Greg Bailey
On 08/25/2014 03:52 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > I'm trying to clarify the various ways in which I could set up > Postfix + Dovecot + SpamAssassin under CentOS-7, > and I'd welcome any comments on the following remarks. > > As far as I can see there are 3 standard ways of setting this up: >1. Us

[CentOS] Postfix setup

2014-08-25 Thread Timothy Murphy
I'm trying to clarify the various ways in which I could set up Postfix + Dovecot + SpamAssassin under CentOS-7, and I'd welcome any comments on the following remarks. As far as I can see there are 3 standard ways of setting this up: 1. Use amavisd 2. Use dovecot + pigeonhole/sieve 3. Use spa

Re: [CentOS] Postfix setup

2013-03-13 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 03/13/2013 03:03 PM, Dirk Olmes wrote: > On 03/13/2013 04:30 PM, Craig White wrote: >> you need an IMAP server / MTA to handle login accounts since Postfix >> provides SMTP. >> >> Dovecot? Cyrus-IMAP? > I'd go for dovecot - actively maintained, designed for security, easy to > configure. > The

Re: [CentOS] Postfix setup

2013-03-13 Thread Dirk Olmes
On 03/13/2013 04:30 PM, Craig White wrote: > you need an IMAP server / MTA to handle login accounts since Postfix provides > SMTP. > > Dovecot? Cyrus-IMAP? I'd go for dovecot - actively maintained, designed for security, easy to configure. -dirk ___

Re: [CentOS] Postfix setup

2013-03-13 Thread Craig White
you need an IMAP server / MTA to handle login accounts since Postfix provides SMTP. Dovecot? Cyrus-IMAP? Craig On Mar 12, 2013, at 7:55 PM, Austin Einter wrote: > Dear All > I have got partial success with postfix setup. So far I am able to do > > 1. Access the postfix admin > 2. Was able to

Re: [CentOS] Postfix setup

2013-03-13 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 03/12/2013 11:24 PM, Austin Einter wrote: > Dear All > I am able to send receive mail properly with use of roundcube. > > Thanks a lot for all your support. > > The last thing I did was started dovecot service, then roundcuble was able > to work properly. Yes, with no IMAP server, your email c

Re: [CentOS] Postfix setup

2013-03-13 Thread Alexander Dalloz
Am 13.03.2013 04:24, schrieb Austin Einter: > Dear All > I am able to send receive mail properly with use of roundcube. > > Thanks a lot for all your support. > > The last thing I did was started dovecot service, then roundcuble was able > to work properly. > > Next, I will look into security as

Re: [CentOS] Postfix setup

2013-03-12 Thread Austin Einter
Dear All I am able to send receive mail properly with use of roundcube. Thanks a lot for all your support. The last thing I did was started dovecot service, then roundcuble was able to work properly. Next, I will look into security aspect, spam filtering etc etc. Will start a new thread for that

Re: [CentOS] Postfix setup

2013-03-12 Thread Austin Einter
Dear All I have got partial success with postfix setup. So far I am able to do 1. Access the postfix admin 2. Was able to login to postfix admin 3. Created one more admin account 4. From newly created admin account sent a mail to my gmail account, and I received that mail. 5. I am able to add a do

Re: [CentOS] Postfix setup

2013-03-12 Thread James B. Byrne
On Mon, March 11, 2013 16:56, Craig White wrote: > > > develop good, consistent habitsÂ… postfix or whatever config files you > edit, backup the distribution's version of the config file first > before you ever editÂ… > > cp main.cf main.cf-dist > Alternatively: yum install postfix yum insta

Re: [CentOS] Postfix setup

2013-03-12 Thread James B. Byrne
On Mon, March 11, 2013 14:01, Les Mikesell wrote: > > On the other hand, if you do 'normal' things with sendmail, all you > have to do is tweak a few values in the provided sendmail.mc and > restart to rebuild the configs, and if you do anything unusual you can > drop in MimeDefang as a milter and

Re: [CentOS] Postfix setup

2013-03-11 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 03/11/2013 10:30 PM, Austin Einter wrote: > Dear Robert Moskowitz > The link > */http://campworld.net/thewiki/pmwiki.php/LinuxServersCentOS/Cent6VirtMailServer/*you > > suggested is working great for me so far. > > At one point it says > > > Configuring Postfix > > Here we go with more

Re: [CentOS] Postfix setup

2013-03-11 Thread Austin Einter
Dear Robert Moskowitz The link * http://campworld.net/thewiki/pmwiki.php/LinuxServersCentOS/Cent6VirtMailServer * you suggested is working great for me so far. At one point it says Configuring Postfix Here we go with more config files. You'll have to be sure to change some settings to match your

Re: [CentOS] Postfix setup

2013-03-11 Thread Craig White
On Mar 11, 2013, at 10:34 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > > On 03/11/2013 09:27 AM, James B. Byrne wrote: >> On Mon, March 11, 2013 04:52, Tilman Schmidt wrote: >>> Am 11.03.2013 03:54, schrieb Austin Einter: I am planning to setup mail server for my domain. Which one is preferred

Re: [CentOS] Postfix setup

2013-03-11 Thread Les Mikesell
On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 8:27 AM, James B. Byrne wrote: > > The main benefit to using Postfix over Sendmail is that Postfix > definitely places a lower intellectual load on its administrators. > For that reason alone I would recommend it over Sendmail. While M4 > macros take most of the arcana out

Re: [CentOS] Postfix setup

2013-03-11 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 03/11/2013 09:27 AM, James B. Byrne wrote: > On Mon, March 11, 2013 04:52, Tilman Schmidt wrote: >> Am 11.03.2013 03:54, schrieb Austin Einter: >>> I am planning to setup mail server for my domain. >>> >>> Which one is preferred postfix or sendmail. > Postfix. > > I have been running Sendmail f

Re: [CentOS] Postfix setup

2013-03-11 Thread James B. Byrne
On Mon, March 11, 2013 04:52, Tilman Schmidt wrote: > Am 11.03.2013 03:54, schrieb Austin Einter: >> I am planning to setup mail server for my domain. >> >> Which one is preferred postfix or sendmail. > Postfix. I have been running Sendmail from version 8.6 in 1995 on HP-UX 9.02 to 8.13 at the p

Re: [CentOS] Postfix setup

2013-03-11 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 03/11/2013 05:27 AM, Eero Volotinen wrote: > 2013/3/11 Robert Moskowitz : >> On 03/11/2013 05:08 AM, Eero Volotinen wrote: > - Firewall and SELinux should be disabled. Bad advice. >>> this page also configures unsafe imap and pop settings. People should >>> always enable only ssl-

Re: [CentOS] Postfix setup

2013-03-11 Thread Eero Volotinen
2013/3/11 Robert Moskowitz : > > On 03/11/2013 05:08 AM, Eero Volotinen wrote: - Firewall and SELinux should be disabled. >>> >>> Bad advice. >> >> this page also configures unsafe imap and pop settings. People should >> always enable only ssl-enabled versions of imap and pop only. >

Re: [CentOS] Postfix setup

2013-03-11 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 03/11/2013 05:08 AM, Eero Volotinen wrote: >>> - Firewall and SELinux should be disabled. >> Bad advice. > this page also configures unsafe imap and pop settings. People should > always enable only ssl-enabled versions of imap and pop only. Just don't open those ports. Then they only work

Re: [CentOS] Postfix setup

2013-03-11 Thread Eero Volotinen
>>- Firewall and SELinux should be disabled. > > Bad advice. this page also configures unsafe imap and pop settings. People should always enable only ssl-enabled versions of imap and pop only. -- Eero ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http:/

Re: [CentOS] Postfix setup

2013-03-11 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 03/11/2013 04:52 AM, Tilman Schmidt wrote: > Am 11.03.2013 03:54, schrieb Austin Einter: >> I am planning to setup mail server for my domain. >> >> Which one is preferred postfix or sendmail. > Choose the one your most familiar with. > If you aren't familiar with either, find someone who is. >

Re: [CentOS] Postfix setup

2013-03-11 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 03/11/2013 04:39 AM, Alexander Dalloz wrote: > Am 11.03.2013 03:54, schrieb Austin Einter: >> Dear All >> I am planning to setup mail server for my domain. >> >> Which one is preferred postfix or sendmail. > Choose the one you understand best. > >> I came across a link * >> http://ostechnix.wor

Re: [CentOS] Postfix setup

2013-03-11 Thread Tilman Schmidt
Am 11.03.2013 03:54, schrieb Austin Einter: > I am planning to setup mail server for my domain. > > Which one is preferred postfix or sendmail. Choose the one your most familiar with. If you aren't familiar with either, find someone who is. Setting up a mail server in today's hostile Internet is

Re: [CentOS] Postfix setup

2013-03-11 Thread Alexander Dalloz
Am 11.03.2013 03:54, schrieb Austin Einter: > Dear All > I am planning to setup mail server for my domain. > > Which one is preferred postfix or sendmail. Choose the one you understand best. > I came across a link * > http://ostechnix.wordpress.com/2013/02/08/setup-mail-server-using-postfixdovec

Re: [CentOS] Postfix setup

2013-03-10 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 03/10/2013 11:12 PM, Keith Keller wrote: > On 2013-03-11, Austin Einter wrote: >> Which one is preferred postfix or sendmail. > I suspect this is mostly personal preference. I prefer postfix because > the configuration files are easier to read and write. > >> It says I need to disable firewal

Re: [CentOS] Postfix setup

2013-03-10 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 03/10/2013 10:54 PM, Austin Einter wrote: > Dear All > I am planning to setup mail server for my domain. > > Which one is preferred postfix or sendmail. I switched to postfix 3 years ago, and never looked back. > I came across a link * > http://ostechnix.wordpress.com/2013/02/08/setup-mail-se

Re: [CentOS] Postfix setup

2013-03-10 Thread Keith Keller
On 2013-03-11, Austin Einter wrote: > > Which one is preferred postfix or sendmail. I suspect this is mostly personal preference. I prefer postfix because the configuration files are easier to read and write. > It says I need to disable firewall. Is it really required. Kindly let me > know. No

[CentOS] Postfix setup

2013-03-10 Thread Austin Einter
Dear All I am planning to setup mail server for my domain. Which one is preferred postfix or sendmail. I came across a link * http://ostechnix.wordpress.com/2013/02/08/setup-mail-server-using-postfixdovecotsquirrelmail-in-centosrhelscientific-linux-6-3-step-by-step/ * for postfix mail setup. It