On Mon, 22 Mar 2004 11:41:32 -0600, you wrote:Grant Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:I'm planning on setting up a mail server so I only have one SA installation to maintain instead of three.
I've used Windows only for the past twenty or so years. I've never
touched any Unix variant, so I would like some recommendations for the
easiest Unix variant to set up and get running as a mail server with
SA (including all the pieces parts I need, if you feel like it).
I don't want to need to learn Unix to set this mail server up.
That's kind of like saying you would like to buy a car (for the first time), but don't want to learn how to drive, put gas in, or change the oil.
You might be able to make the initial purchase (install the OS) and maybe even drive it for a few weeks (get the mail system up and running). But sooner or later, you're going to have a problem which will require you to open the hood....
First of all, that's a terrible analogy. I've driven cars, trucks, and even buses for 40 years, and never once opened the hood on any of them. That's what mechanics are for.
Sure. If you want to hire a mechanic (read Sys admin) to mange your server, that's great. However, most mechanics will work for you just when you have a problem, and sys admin generally require steady employment or a service contract.
Second, you've just made the case for os's like windows, and why *nix is a niche os.
You keep telling yourself that :)
I didn't have to learn anything about the inner workings of XP to have it running like a champ.
Yep. It will be spreading virus payloads and operating as a spam-zombie almost right out of the box.
I found a mailserver called 602Lan Suite for XP, unzipped it, ran the installer, picked all the defaults, and bam working mailserver.
1) It's not free, in fact for my setup (and the vast majority of setups) it would cost $700 ($500 without the anti-virus).
2) It has a yearly subscription for the anti-virus.
Pay me $500 and I'll setup postfix with SA and amavis-d for you.
Thus my question of which *nix can I use to get a mailserver and SpamAssassin working together.
Any unix or variant.
I don't want to have to get a computer science degree to install an OS and a couple apps.
You don't need a degree. You need a brain, patience, willingness to read, and willingness to understand.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not some kind of *nix basher or Windows nazi. I could care less about the os/software I use.
Well, that's a mistake right there. You should care because you should want to use the best and most secure solution possible, especially for mail. I run an ISP with co-los. We allow windows machines to co-locate, but we don't allow them to run mailservers, simply not worth the potential headaches.
I also know that *nix is a great backoffice tool. However, for *nix to ever emerge from the backwaters of computerdom it's got to become a lot easier to install and maintain.
If you want an easy to install and maintain unix buy Mac OS X.
-- MEGAHAL: within my penguin lies a torrid story of hate and love.
