Re: which mailserver to choose?
Hi, I have not forgotten about Exim:), Its taken into consideration.
On Mon, 7 Feb 2005, Sergio Basurto Juarez wrote:
> Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 16:17:50 -0800 (PST)
> From: Sergio Basurto Juarez <sbasurtoj@yahoo.com>
> To: debian-user <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Subject: Re: which mailserver to choose?
> Resent-Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 18:17:56 -0600 (CST)
> Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
>
> --- 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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> Sergio Basurto J.
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> shoulders of giants. (Isaac Newton)
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