Re: which mailserver to choose?
Hi Frank,
Lots of useful stuff there, thanks a lot for the pointer. I will
read the doc thorough and collect the info I will need for my own server,
Thanks.
Writing to this list has given me lots of response, seams like a lot of
people here is running their own mailsystem:)
Again, thanks
On Tue, 8 Feb 2005, Franki wrote:
> Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 06:59:01 +0800
> From: Franki <franki@htmlfixit.com>
> To: debian-user <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Subject: Re: which mailserver to choose?
> Resent-Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 17:15:09 -0600 (CST)
> Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> Steve Block 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
>
> This is specific to Linux, not to debian, but I setup a similiar system
> on a debian woody box and its been flawless for me.
> http://www.webconexion.net/knowledgebase/linux_howto/virtual_mail_server.php
>
> Mysql and web interface for adding users and stuff, very handy.
>
>
>
>
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