Re: E-mail Server

2008-12-27 Thread Tom Horsley
On Sat, 27 Dec 2008 10:21:42 -0800 Gordon Messmer wrote: > * The entire system is a single integrated package, so you only have to > configure things like authentication once rather than for each server > (as in postfix and dovecot). Actually, I just setup postfix and dovecot on my system, and

Re: E-mail Server

2008-12-27 Thread Gordon Messmer
There's plenty of advocacy for Postfix and Dovecot on this list; I occasionally like to chime in with a bit for Courier MTA: http://www.courier-mta.org/ Among the advantages I appreciate: * Maildrop is much easier to manage than procmail * Configuration is much simpler: it's substantially simila

Re: E-mail Server

2008-12-26 Thread Timothy Murphy
Leon Vergottini wrote: > I have been tasked to commissioned an e-mail server in the first > quarter of next year. I got this task because I am the only one at work > that plays and have a small bit of understanding of how Linux work. So, > I am on a research spree. I have alread

Re: E-mail Server

2008-12-26 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Bryan Hepworth wrote: > Leon > > I'd echo what Greg said. > > I've used sendmail and postfix - sendmail was my first foray into email > and served me very well. The bat book as pointed out is a must, it helps > you understand how things fit together and was my reference when I > started ~ 2000/2

Re: E-mail Server

2008-12-26 Thread Gregory P. Ennis
On Sat, 2008-12-27 at 11:10 +1930, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 10:45 PM, Gregory P. Ennis wrote: > > spamassassin is great, and you will need to make sure you know how to > > use a spam filter. > > > > clamav is better, and I have used it as a sendmail milter and within >

Re: E-mail Server

2008-12-26 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 10:45 PM, Gregory P. Ennis wrote: > spamassassin is great, and you will need to make sure you know how to > use a spam filter. > > clamav is better, and I have used it as a sendmail milter and within > procmail. The milter works better. Clamav and spamassassin have differ

Re: E-mail Server

2008-12-26 Thread Bryan Hepworth
Gregory P. Ennis wrote: On Sun, 2008-12-14 at 19:04 +0200, Leon Vergottini wrote: Hi I have been tasked to commissioned an e-mail server in the first quarter of next year. I got this task because I am the only one at work that plays and have a small bit of understanding of how Linux

Re: E-mail Server

2008-12-25 Thread homburg
On Thu, 25 Dec 2008 22:34:18 -0500 Tom Horsley wrote: > > I find postfix plenty confusing, but far simpler to deal > with than sendmail. > I agree. It's also far less expensive and faster. Until you have to deal with Weitse and the mailing list group that is ;-) Sometimes is seems that the si

Re: E-mail Server

2008-12-25 Thread Gregory P. Ennis
On Thu, 2008-12-25 at 22:34 -0500, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Thu, 25 Dec 2008 21:15:22 -0600 > Gregory P. Ennis wrote: > > > I have used sendmail as the MTA It is easy to configure it to transfer > > mail to a 'smart host' from a desktop. It gets harder the more pieces > > of it you choose to use.

Re: E-mail Server

2008-12-25 Thread Tom Horsley
On Thu, 25 Dec 2008 21:15:22 -0600 Gregory P. Ennis wrote: > I have used sendmail as the MTA It is easy to configure it to transfer > mail to a 'smart host' from a desktop. It gets harder the more pieces > of it you choose to use. Make sure you get the 'bat book' Sendmail!!! Careful, anyone sa

Re: E-mail Server

2008-12-25 Thread Gregory P. Ennis
On Sun, 2008-12-14 at 19:04 +0200, Leon Vergottini wrote: > Hi > > I have been tasked to commissioned an e-mail server in the first > quarter of next year. I got this task because I am the only one at work > that plays and have a small bit of understanding of how Linux work. S

Re: E-mail Server

2008-12-24 Thread Stuart
On 14/12/08 20:47, homb...@tips-q.com wrote: On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 19:04:16 +0200 [...] a) CentOS, not Fedora agreed b) Postfix is probably the easiest MTA to configure. Also agreed, but he default postfix config shipped in Fedora, RHEL (and as a result almost certainly) CentOS is retarded

RE: E-mail Server

2008-12-15 Thread Kaplan, Andrew H.
Hi there -- I have set up an e-mail server for the department that I work for using the following applications: Sendmail MailScanner SpamAssassin ClamAV The website that I went to for this configuration is www.mailscanner.info. If you are in need of GUI for Linux administration, there is a web

Re: E-mail Server

2008-12-14 Thread homburg
On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 19:04:16 +0200 Leon Vergottini wrote: > Hi > > I have been tasked to commissioned an e-mail server in > the first quarter of next year. I got this task because > I am the only one at work that plays and have a small bit > of understanding of how Linux wo

Re: E-mail Server

2008-12-14 Thread Les Mikesell
Leon Vergottini wrote: Hi I have been tasked to commissioned an e-mail server in the first quarter of next year. I got this task because I am the only one at work that plays and have a small bit of understanding of how Linux work. So, I am on a research spree. I have already had a look

Re: E-mail Server

2008-12-14 Thread Robert L Cochran
Mauriat wrote: > On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 12:04 PM, Leon Vergottini > wrote: > >> Hi >> >> I have been tasked to commissioned an e-mail server in the first quarter of >> next year. I got this task because I am the only one at work that plays and >> h

Re: E-mail Server

2008-12-14 Thread Frank Cox
On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 19:04:16 +0200 Leon Vergottini wrote: > I do not ask for step by step instructions, although it will be nice, > however I ask that you guys will point me to resources on the internet > that may help me in this regard. (a) Use Centos, not Fedora, for this project. (b) Comple

Re: E-mail Server

2008-12-14 Thread Steve Searle
Around 05:04pm on Sunday, December 14, 2008 (UK time), Leon Vergottini scrawled: > I have been tasked to commissioned an e-mail server in the first > quarter of next year. I got this task because I am the only one at work I don't know if you are intending to use Fedora as the serv

Re: E-mail Server

2008-12-14 Thread Mauriat
On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 12:04 PM, Leon Vergottini wrote: > Hi > > I have been tasked to commissioned an e-mail server in the first quarter of > next year. I got this task because I am the only one at work that plays and > have a small bit of understanding of how Linux work.

E-mail Server

2008-12-14 Thread Leon Vergottini
Hi I have been tasked to commissioned an e-mail server in the first quarter of next year. I got this task because I am the only one at work that plays and have a small bit of understanding of how Linux work. So, I am on a research spree. I have already had a look at the following sites