Mail server

gnuElement · 02-12-2003, 10:46 AM

I'm would like to build a machine to be a mail server. What would be the best application to use for such a task? I would be want to host mail for two or three domains and up to 50 users.

Wolven · 02-12-2003, 12:17 PM

Well, there are a few different options. Most suggest qmail, which is considered the most secure, and some recommend exim which is easier to set up, but not as secure.

http://www.exim.org/

http://www.qmail.org/

jamrock · 02-12-2003, 08:14 PM

Try qmail. As Wolven says, it is said to be more secure than the others.

See also http://web.infoave.net/~dsill/lwq.html

Never tried exim. Is it reliable? Does it scale well?

Wolven · 02-13-2003, 02:29 PM

I don't know about scaling well. Haven't given it much thought. I'm re-doing my mail server soon, and I'll be moving to qmail to get some more experience under it. :_)

Exim works fine for most people, with out-of-the-box style functionality. Provides a short question and answer session to get itself configured and going, and builds its config file based on that. Well documented, too, but a bit weird if you try to do anything top out of the ordinary with it.

aigartua · 02-13-2003, 06:17 PM

ypu can try eXtremail, es very easy and secure, it has support for SSL conections and ban lists, good luck

www.extremail.com its free