Re: Wich e-mail server to choose?

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 02/11/2009 10:43 AM, Oscar Corte wrote:
> Hi all:
>  
> I would appreciate any advice on what mail Server to choose. This would 
> be my first experience installing and configuring an internal mail 
> server (No e-mail outside the LAN). Only to exchange mails between 
> Windows PC’s inside my department (IP segment or subnet).
>  
> This is a small intranet project where a Windows DNS server is already 
> running but is not in my possibilities to manage it. I’ll be using a 
> Debian etch box to accomplish this intranet project.

There are multiple parts to the answer:
1. The MTA.  Exim4 is the default, but a number of us prefer
   postfix, which I found very easy to configure.

2. An anti-virus plugin.  Amavis is standard.

3. Spam filter.  SpamAssassin is common, but there's also dspam
   and bogofilter.

4. A place to store the email.  I recommend running an IMAP daemon
   on the Linux box, and having all email deposited there.  Central
   storage makes it easy to back up the email.  Auditors like that.

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

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