Nice!! Thanks for that. Eric Peters wrote: > Whooo hoooo GUM! > > Hey Doug, > > Anyway I'm in the process of migrating from Exchange as we speak, the setup > I'm using is ASSP > Postfix > Zarafa > And I agree about mailscanner, and amavis, spamassassin = pain in the arse > That's why I like ASSP all of those rolled > into one nice SMTP transparent proxy ;) you should check it out. > > Cheers, > Eric > > > On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 8:49 AM, Douglas Stanley < > douglas.m.stan...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Well, just my 2 cents, realistically, what's more of a security risk, >> running webmin, or running windows server? :) >> I'd actually put them about neck and neck. You basically asking to get >> hacked either way, unless you really >> lock down the webmin, but if you know enough to do that, then you >> probably aren't running webmin. >> >> As for mail, yeah what all would this mail server be doing? If you're >> talking about using it in conjunction >> with win 2k3 server, most people who do that use ubuntu/linux as the >> filtering proxy, but maybe this person >> is trying to migrate away from exchange... >> >> If you're making a relay/filtering proxy, then I'd say postfix + >> amavisd-new +clamd + spamassassin... >> I wish I had an easier to configure option, but it seems the only >> other major alternative is mailscanner, >> which seems just as difficult to configure as amavis. >> >> As for mail storage, seems like dovecot is the standard choice, >> however, I've long been a huge fan of >> dbmail. It's probably the easiest mail store to set up and maintain. >> Plus it's very fast, and pretty easy >> to scale (just need to know how to scale a db server). >> >> Anyway, just my 2 cents :) Everyone keeps chipping in their 2 cents, >> and we'll soon have enough to buy >> a pack of gum! >> >> Doug >> >> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 10:56 AM, Eric Peters <e...@linuxsystems.net> >> wrote: >>> In my humble opinion webmin shouldn't be used in a production environment >>> (or any environment for that matter). Remember a web-server running >> Webmin >>> must be run 'setuid root', an improperly configured Webmin can pose a >> huge >>> security threat to the system running it. Having such a powerful tool in >> the >>> hands of a ignorant new user that is publicly accessible is just asking >> for >>> trouble. If you can't administrate your server via CLI then you'd be >> better >>> off running a windows server. Just my 2 cents on the webmin thing. >>> >>> Also there are other questions that need to be asked before you just sudo >>> apt-get install MTA, IMAP, ANTI-SPAM, ANTI-VIRUS etc... >>> >>> i.e. is this mail server going to just be an MTA, is it going to provide >> a >>> mail store for users, is it going to provide access to the mail store via >>> IMAP, POP, or some other protocol, is it going to have any enhanced >> security >>> for relays, spam, viruses etc... or do you just need the server to send >>> system email. This is why I feel why you shouldn't just tasksel mail >> server, >>> your going to have to do some research and planing before deploying a >> mail >>> server. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Eric >>> >>> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 6:15 AM, Jim Tarvid <tar...@ls.net> wrote: >>>> I am curious. Why shouldn't a new debian/ubuntu not use tasksel >>>> mail-server? >>>> >>>> tar...@venus:~$ tasksel --task-packages mail-server >>>> dovecot-imapd >>>> procmail >>>> dovecot-common >>>> postfix >>>> libpth20 >>>> libgpgme11 >>>> libmysqlclient16 >>>> mutt >>>> libpq5 >>>> ssl-cert >>>> mailx >>>> bsd-mailx >>>> dovecot-pop3d >>>> mysql-common >>>> >>>> Not a bad start in two minutes flat. >>>> >>>> And why shouldn't a new user install webmin? They get a tool to explore >>>> configuration and a path towards intimacy and awareness that can lead to >>>> understanding. Of course, intellectual investment is required. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 8:51 AM, Emil Tullstedt <sak...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>>>> Best Andrew! >>>>> With Server 2003, do you mean Windows Server 2003 or a server from >> 2003? >>>>> Ubuntu Server is not an add-on for Windows Server 2003, but an external >>>>> server operative system. >>>>> If you wants to setup a mailserver with Ubuntu, please look at this >> page >>>>> first: >>>>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MailServer >>>>> -- >>>>> sakjur >>>>> Emil Tullstedt >>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 2:05 PM, Andrew Butcher >>>>> <andrew.butc...@zambia.co.zm> wrote: >>>>>> Hi Guys >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I need some help setting up mail server using ubuntu software on >> server >>>>>> 2003 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Andrew Butcher >>>>>> +260979783583/+260955202198 >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> ubuntu-server mailing list >>>>>> ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com >>>>>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server >>>>>> More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> ubuntu-server mailing list >>>>> ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com >>>>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server >>>>> More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Rev. Jim Tarvid, PCA >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> ubuntu-server mailing list >>>> ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com >>>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server >>>> More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam >>> >>> -- >>> ubuntu-server mailing list >>> ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server >>> More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam >>> >> >> >> -- >> Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. >> See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html >> >> -- >> ubuntu-server mailing list >> ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server >> More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam >> >
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