Re: Recommend site for debian lan topology
On Wed, Jul 09, 2003 at 11:19:22PM +0200, lists1 wrote:
> For Debian, which will be woody on the mail/dns/ntp server, and a mix
> of woody/testing/unstable (basically the knoppix install, plus some
> customization) for the desktops and internal servers, what would be
> the easiest combination in terms of setup and administration for
> regular email/imap/webmail?
Different people will provide different answers to the above. I use
qmail for my main MTA server. However, this is a carry over from when
I was using Red Hat primarily, and didn't want to port my configuration
to something new. So, for the MTA now, I would use either qmail or exim
(probably lean toward exim now). For IMAP, I would suggest courier-imap
and courier-imap-ssl. As far as webmail, I like squirrelmail. It's not
perfect, but it is better than many others I've seen.
> If there was no external email server, and no emails entering or
> leaving the lan from outside, what is the transport and delivery
> method that is used on an internal lan?
Still an MTA, just without the need to be able to transfer to another
domain's MTA.
> Let' say that for checking isp mail, kmail in kde is used. Now let's
> say, there is no more internet connection. Is kmail (or a similar
> app) still used (as the mail client) to send and receive emails within
> the same office?
Can be.
> What is transporting the email? Is a mail server still required for
> email that never leaves the lan? How is this normally accomplished?
> Is the same mail server that is exposed to the internet used to
> transport inter-office email?
Can be.
> Would two email servers be required to firewall inter-office email
> from the outside email?
No, a properly configured single server can do this job.
> How to send messages on lan, without going through isp. Must an email
> server be running to do this?
It makes things much easier to have one running.
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