Re: Setting up a mail server

[Andy Gayton <andy@thecablelounge.com>]

G'dday Bjorn,

Try:

lifewithqmail.org - this should give you a running mail server in a couple of hours

Once your mail server is running, following section 5.2.1 of lifewithqmail.org will give you an integrated pop server.

Then http://lifewithbincimap.org/index.php/Main/LifeWithBincIMAP will give you an imap server that feels pretty integrated.

What sort of relaying were you after?  Section 3.2 of lifewithqmail.org shows how to set up relaying from fixed ips in a painless manner.  http://untroubled.org/relay-ctrl/ shows how to set up relaying for clients who authorize via pop or imap.  This link describes how to have relay-ctrl work with bincimap http://www.mail-archive.com/lists-bincimap@infeline.org/msg00709.html.

There's a fair bit of information and links to resources on spam filtering at:

http://www.chrishardie.com/tech/qmail/qmail-antispam.html

Andy.

Bjorn Hansen wrote:

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> Hi,
> I would like to set up a mail server on my box (running sarge) with mail 
> accounts that don't necesarily have login accounts.  I would like imap, and 
> preferably pop3 also.  I also need to provide smtp authorization.  If I can 
> get all that working I'd like to do spam filtering.
>
> Anyway, I just spent the past two very frustrating  days trying to get things 
> working with cyrus and exim, then cyrus and postfix, with web-cyradm.  In 
> both casses I was able to get mail delivered, and check it with an imap 
> client, but could not make smtp authorization work.  So  I could send mail 
> from the localhost, but relaying was blocked from anywhere else.  Even 
> getting what I got working took a prohibative amount of tinkering with 
> various config files and other things, so I think there must be an easier 
> way.
>
> So, I'm looking for ideas.  Does anyone know of a way to set this up that's 
> not going to have me banging my head on my desk for another two days?
>
> thanks
> Bjorn 
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