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if you follow my path then u will configure in 2 hr only.iam making mail server,
1>install php,perl,mysql.
2>goto to qmailtoaster.org.downlaod centos50 or 5064 sh script form their. then form form commnad prompt each sh script.it will install all necessasry rpm for making mail server.
3> make domain form vpopmail
4> check it form squirrelmail by login
Thank alot for your reply , i googled regarding this issue most of the forum/blogs suggested
qmail is the best opt for configuring mail server, i am totally new to mail server so i am in
quite confuse stage..ya first iam trying local machine only if it succeeds only then move to
production server.
my system configuration 1GB RAM and Dual core processor..is this enough for testing process ??
you may be interested in this howto and patch for qmail and related software. It includes pages concerning virtual domains, setup of imap/pop3 with dovecot, spamassassin and roundcube webmail.
It's suitable for newbies too.
Hi Roberto/Eric,
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i configured mailserver now i want to create 100 mail boxes for 100 users, for each user i want to allocate 3MB size to download and view
mails!! how to do like this, ?
Is it necessary to create 100 normal users for 100 mail boxes?? Please guide me!! guys
Hi Roberto/Eric,
#
i configured mailserver now i want to create 100 mail boxes for 100 users, for each user i want to allocate 3MB size to download and view
mails!! how to do like this, ?
Is it necessary to create 100 normal users for 100 mail boxes?? Please guide me!! guys
Are you using qmail/vpopmail? If yes, I think so.
You can use qmailadmin to easily create accounts, as you probably know.
I haven't seen anything about mass account registration, but I think it can be done from the command line building a script which invokes vadduser and reads all the informations from a txt file..
Code:
vadduser: usage: [options] email_address [passwd]
options: -v (print the version)
-q quota_in_bytes (sets the users quota, use NOQUOTA for unlimited)
-c comment (sets the gecos comment field)
-e standard_encrypted_password
-n no_password
-r[len] (generate a len (default 8) char random password)
He said that he followed this how-to: http://www.linuxmail.info/ which is based upon Postfix and Dovecot. Given the current state of qmail support, the difficulties in using it, and the desire to support 100+ users, I think that Postfix + Dovecot is the better choice. Anyway ....
@anishkumarv, when you say you have "configured" your mail server, would you please elaborate on what you mean by "have configured"? Are you able to successfully send and receive email for your domain? Do SASL and TLS work? Have you established virtual users, which would be prudent for 100+ users, or are you using Linux account users? Have you implemented any anti-spam and anti-virus filtering on your mail server and is it properly scanning messages?
You can implement disk quotas and set a 3MB limit in Postfix, but if I recall correctly, it requires an add-on patch to utilize this function, but you need to get the basis system fully functional and tested with the things I mention above first.
what makes you think that qmail is difficult to use and not suitable for 100+ users?
The number of posts over time on the difficulties with qmail and the fact that it has been unsupported with respect to security updates and patches for many years. The subject came up a few months ago here on LQ and the research at the time showed that the latest patch or modification was several years ago. In my opinion, this makes it a poor choice for establishing a new mail system in general as it is not likely to effectively counter modern threats or even become patched to new vulnerabilities. When you expand the system to many users the problems will only multiply as will your target footprint. By way of contrast, Postfix was recently patched for a newly discovered security vulnerability which recently made its way into the main distribution repositories.
Granted all email systems are difficult to setup, in fact it is probably one of the most difficult things to accomplish with a Linux server, but the impression I have developed over time is that more people have more trouble with qmail than the other MTA applications.
It would appear that you have had positive experience with qmail and your recommendations are based upon that. Your input is definitely appreciated. I am glad to hear the updates do exist. Based upon when I last looked on the mirrors, I did not see any and the last update I saw was several years old. If you have an up to date URL, I would appreciate it if you would please post a link to it. I know that myself, and others, have routinely recommended against qmail for the reasons outlined in this email. Knowing that current updates do exist would be helpful in that we could direct queries to the link(s).
It would appear that you have had positive experience with qmail and your recommendations are based upon that. Your input is definitely appreciated. I am glad to hear the updates do exist. Based upon when I last looked on the mirrors, I did not see any and the last update I saw was several years old. If you have an up to date URL, I would appreciate it if you would please post a link to it. I know that myself, and others, have routinely recommended against qmail for the reasons outlined in this email. Knowing that current updates do exist would be helpful in that we could direct queries to the link(s).
In no particular order:
Inter7 provides support for virtual domains and has developed, among the other things, a couple of web interfaces http://www.inter7.com
Erwin Hoffmann's qmail site provides a "spamcontrol" big patch (http://www.fehcom.de/qmail/spamcontrol.html), and the support for greetdelay and many standalone patches for qmail (I personally use his qmail-auth)
Spamdyke is actually a wrapper of the djb's qmail-smtp. It is able to apply the most common anti-spam filters. Very easy to install. http://www.spamdyke.org/
John Simpson's qmail site is one of the richest sources of qmail informations. He shares a combined patch and the best greylist program I have seen. http://qmail.jms1.net/
Manvendra Banghui's Indimail project, derived from qmail http://indimail.sourceforge.net/
Manvendra provides support for qmail as well. I personally use his DKIM patch.
...and of course I'm forgetting something. There are many other patches I like that wait for updates, but at the same time they can be still considered useful; chkuser http://www.interazioni.it/opensource/chkuser/ is one of them, it provides recipient verification and MAV.
The main repository of links to all the available projects is always http://qmail.org.
This stuff can be applyed over the original bernstein's program, that is claimed to be secure.
The thing that I mostly like of qmail is the possibility to choose the features that I need, and build my personal package of patches
best regards
Roberto
Last edited by roberto967; 05-03-2011 at 11:04 AM.
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