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Old 12-18-2004, 10:15 PM   #1
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Question Which mail server do you recommend?

Hi,

I have to find and set up Mail Server.
Which one do you recommend?
Any suggestion will be greatly appreciated.

The requirements are:
1. Easy-to-use Administration tool.
2. POP3 and IMAP support.
3. SMTP Authentication support.
4. Anti virus and spam.
5. Easy configuration.

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Old 12-19-2004, 12:34 AM   #2
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I hear is Qmail easy to use. I'm currently running Postfix and it seemed easy enough to setup.
 
Old 12-19-2004, 04:39 AM   #3
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I am currently using Postfix with SASL authentication,

combined with Cyrus Imapd, which supports imap and pop, and uses the SASL method to authenticate a user.

SASL can use the system pam system to authenticate, making it rather flat. creating a user allows him to send mail too..
It could though be bound to any authentication method (LDAP could be an option perhaps).

It works like a charm on my Fedora Core 3 ... I don't have experience with other mail systems though..

Cheers,
 
Old 12-19-2004, 07:31 AM   #4
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Does anyone know to set it up in freebsd. A link to a tutorial will do. Thanks a lot in advance.
 
Old 12-19-2004, 11:34 AM   #5
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Thank you for the information, everybody!

For Postfix and Qmail, which POP3 and IMAP servers are easy to configure?
Which ones do you recommend?

Is Cyrus easy to configure?

Tadatoshi
 
Old 12-19-2004, 08:25 PM   #6
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Hi,

I've found that Fedora Core 3 has PostFix, Berkeley DB, and Cyrus.
But where are they installed?
The locations described in the corresponding web sites don't contain anything.

Thank you in advance.

Tadatoshi
 
Old 12-20-2004, 08:00 AM   #7
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rpm -ql postfix
rpm -ql cyrus-imap
etc...
 
Old 12-20-2004, 08:29 AM   #8
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Use postfix, some might disagree with me on this one but Qmail sucks..
 
Old 12-20-2004, 08:33 AM   #9
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exim and postfix seem to be the nicest to configure, then qmail, and way back after that, sendmail. i love exim personally.
 
Old 12-20-2004, 11:41 AM   #10
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I use qmail on all my systems. It's very stable and very quick if you're processing large amounts of mail (it was written with that in mind). It has a reward for security issues, which I believe has so far gone unclaimed.

lots of info here:
www.qmail.org
and here
www.lifewithqmail.org

the second site includes installation instructions.

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