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Hey guys I am trying to set up a r.h. 9.0 machine as a web server and a mail server. I will set up the web service through apache, but I have no clue how to start with the mail server. Could anyone recomend the most cost-effective and user friendly app. for me please. Thanx all.
Like I said - qmail www.qmail.org is an SMTP server - it sends and receives e-mails from other servers.
In order for your clients to download messages to their clients (eg Mozilla or Outlook) you will need a server that stores messages. For IMAP I would use courier and for pop I would use qmail. There is a good howto here: http://www.sxpress.com/~henry/qmail-...-web-howto.htm
At work we used the above instructions but we droped pop and for the web interface we used squirrel rather than imp: http://www.squirrelmail.org/
Originally posted by david_ross Either way I would use qmail for SMTP.
For IMAP I would use courier and for pop I would use qmail.
I second these notions! I also agree about SquirrelMail a very nice bit of kit that I use as my main mail client.
As for setting up qmail being a bit complex, I thought it was pretty easy going but I did end up read all the documentation a fair few times. So if you are in a hurry it might not be your best option.
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