Re: which mailserver to choose?
--- Steve Block <scblock@ev-15.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 06, 2005 at 12:54:52PM +0100,
> Ernst-Magne Vindal wrote:
> >
> >Hi all,
> >I have some questions about which mailserver to
> choose under Debian.
> >The thing is that I today have a windoze box that
> is running all services,
> >DHCP, MS dns for internal users, BIND for external,
> Apache for Windoze, a
> >ftp server for both up- and download and a
> mailserver. The mailserver is
> >the latest ver. of Merak mailserver.
> >The box is also running RAID5 on dynamisk windoze
> partitions.
> >
> >I will no convert the whole ting to Debian, but I
> have never configured a
> >mailserver on debian and I will be thankful for
> some hints, minihowto and
> >pointer to the right direction.
> >
> >I think I will be running Woody on the server,
> which is a AMD 850 with
> >512MB ram, I have used this box as Debian server
> before and the speed is
> >then two- tree times faster then running windoze:)
> >
> >The current mailsystem, Merak, is a wery "light"
> mailserver but with all
> >the functionallity you'll need with support for
> POP, IMAP, webmail,
> >calendar, news, mailinglists (all users in domain)
> and IM server.
> >It's very easy to create and administer users,
> create alias and set quota
> >for mailboxes on per domain or user.
> >
> >So if any of you gurus have some good tips I will
> be thankful.
> >I have looked at Cyrus and Cyrus21 pop and imap but
> is not sure if that is
> >the most easily system to set up.
> >
> >I have only been running Debian for just two-tree
> years so I'm not
> >considered experienced. I can get my day to day
> applic running on a Sarge
> >box, laptop and pc but that is something quite
> different then running a
> >server:)
> >
> >/ernst-magne
>
> Although I'm not sure if what I have done for myself
> is quite what you
> are looking for, I have put together a fairly
> detailed guide to running
> postfix and cyrus21 on Debian (originally so I would
> be able to do it
> again if i needed to). I see that you mention Woody,
> while I used Sarge,
> but maybe you'll find some helpful information here.
>
> http://wiki.ev-15.com/debian:mail_system
>
> It is on a wiki, so if anyone more experienced than
> me has suggestions for
> improvement, please feel free to make them on the
> wiki itself. The setup
> described is archiving debian-user, so it can handle
> fairly high volumes
> of mail. =)
>
Why don't you try exim, is a little more complex than
what you are using but is very felixible and you can
configure great. Also you can use webmin for configure
it.
Obviously I am talking of what I know, so is just a
sugestion.
www.exim.org
Regards.
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