Re: mail server
On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 5:38 PM, Denis Witt
<denis.witt@concepts-and-training.de> wrote:
> On 25.07.2012 13:52, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote:
>
>> here is some details about my office.
>
>
>> 1. 20 users.
>> 2. pop from main server
>> 3. send via SMTP
>> 4. local mail distribution IMAP
>
>
>> i am not looking in to easy or hard mail server. what i am looking is
>> it should be good for my carrier and for my office too.
>> secure, stable, web base console etc.
>
>
>> btw, i have heard that there is a mailserver called zimbra. but i
>> think debian is not natively supporting it.
>
>
> Hi,
>
> you will need at least two things, an SMTP Server (like postfix) and an
> IMAP/POP3 Server (like dovecot).
>
> Over the years I have used many different programs for that, starting with
> Exim. But now I always use Postfix and Dovecot together with LDAP, Amavis
> (Spamassassin, ClamAV) and Postgrey.
>
> Dovecot is quite easy to set up. Postfix might be a bit trickier, but it is
> very well documented (and the mailing list is very responsive).
>
> Anyway, regardless which server you will choose, please do a lot of research
> before you launch the server for public use. It is rather easy to set up an
> open relay anybody could use for sending SPAM. Your IP will be show up on
> Blacklists and you will have a lot of trouble removing them from those
> lists.
>
> Also it is important not to use a dailup IP, instead you will need a proper
> static IP with correct rDNS settings. If you don't have that in your office
> you will have to use a relay server to send mails (external).
Thanks for letting me know these matters but i am not using it
publicly i will be downloading my emails from my hosted mail server.
>
> To have a web based access to your mails I would recommend "roundcube".
> Which is very easy to set up and not too bloated so your users will be fine
> with that very quickly.
>
> If you want a web based console for all the Admin stuff you can use
> "webmin", but usually there is no need for that once the server is up and
> running.
>
> The advance setting up your mail server by hand is that you will get a
> deeper understanding of what happens in case of problems. Zimbra is more
> like a black box doing some magic stuff inside. (As fas as I know Zimbra is
> based on Postfix.) Zimbra is also much more than just an Mailserver, it's
> more like a collaboration tool like Microsoft Exchange/Outlook.
>
> Bye.
>
>
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