Mail Server

[Eric Peters]

Whooo hoooo GUM!

Hey Doug,

Anyway I'm in the process of migrating from Exchange as we speak, the setup
I'm using is ASSP > Postfix > Zarafa
And I agree about mailscanner, and amavis, spamassassin = pain in the arse
That's why I like ASSP all of those rolled
into one nice SMTP transparent proxy ;) you should check it out.

Cheers,
Eric


On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 8:49 AM, Douglas Stanley <
douglas.m.stanley at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, just my 2 cents, realistically, what's more of a security risk,
> running webmin, or running windows server? :)
> I'd actually put them about neck and neck. You basically asking to get
> hacked either way, unless you really
> lock down the webmin, but if you know enough to do that, then you
> probably aren't running webmin.
>
> As for mail, yeah what all would this mail server be doing? If you're
> talking about using it in conjunction
> with win 2k3 server, most people who do that use ubuntu/linux as the
> filtering proxy, but maybe this person
> is trying to migrate away from exchange...
>
> If you're making a relay/filtering proxy, then I'd say postfix +
> amavisd-new +clamd + spamassassin...
> I wish I had an easier to configure option, but it seems the only
> other major alternative is mailscanner,
> which seems just as difficult to configure as amavis.
>
> As for mail storage, seems like dovecot is the standard choice,
> however, I've long been a huge fan of
> dbmail. It's probably the easiest mail store to set up and maintain.
> Plus it's very fast, and pretty easy
> to scale (just need to know how to scale a db server).
>
> Anyway, just my 2 cents :) Everyone keeps chipping in their 2 cents,
> and we'll soon have enough to buy
> a pack of gum!
>
> Doug
>
> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 10:56 AM, Eric Peters <eric at linuxsystems.net>
> wrote:
> > In my humble opinion webmin shouldn't be used in a production environment
> > (or any environment for that matter). Remember a web-server running
> Webmin
> > must be run 'setuid root', an improperly configured Webmin can pose a
> huge
> > security threat to the system running it. Having such a powerful tool in
> the
> > hands of a ignorant new user that is publicly accessible is just asking
> for
> > trouble. If you can't administrate your server via CLI then you'd be
> better
> > off running a windows server. Just my 2 cents on the webmin thing.
> >
> > Also there are other questions that need to be asked before you just sudo
> > apt-get install MTA, IMAP, ANTI-SPAM, ANTI-VIRUS etc...
> >
> > i.e. is this mail server going to just be an MTA, is it going to provide
> a
> > mail store for users, is it going to provide access to the mail store via
> > IMAP, POP, or some other protocol, is it going to have any enhanced
> security
> > for relays, spam, viruses etc... or do you just need the server to send
> > system email. This is why I feel why you shouldn't just tasksel mail
> server,
> > your going to have to do some research and planing before deploying a
> mail
> > server.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Eric
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 6:15 AM, Jim Tarvid <tarvid at ls.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> I am curious. Why shouldn't a new debian/ubuntu not use tasksel
> >> mail-server?
> >>
> >> tarvid at venus:~$ tasksel --task-packages mail-server
> >> dovecot-imapd
> >> procmail
> >> dovecot-common
> >> postfix
> >> libpth20
> >> libgpgme11
> >> libmysqlclient16
> >> mutt
> >> libpq5
> >> ssl-cert
> >> mailx
> >> bsd-mailx
> >> dovecot-pop3d
> >> mysql-common
> >>
> >> Not a bad start in two minutes flat.
> >>
> >> And why shouldn't a new user install webmin? They get a tool to explore
> >> configuration and a path towards intimacy and awareness that can lead to
> >> understanding. Of course, intellectual investment is required.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 8:51 AM, Emil Tullstedt <sakjur at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Best Andrew!
> >>> With Server 2003, do you mean Windows Server 2003 or a server from
> 2003?
> >>> Ubuntu Server is not an add-on for Windows Server 2003, but an external
> >>> server operative system.
> >>> If you wants to setup a mailserver with Ubuntu, please look at this
> page
> >>> first:
> >>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MailServer
> >>> --
> >>> sakjur
> >>> Emil Tullstedt
> >>> ~~~~~~~~~~
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 2:05 PM, Andrew Butcher
> >>> <andrew.butcher at zambia.co.zm> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi Guys
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> I need some help setting up mail server using ubuntu software on
> server
> >>>> 2003
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Andrew Butcher
> >>>> +260979783583/+260955202198
> >>>>
> >>>> --
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> >>>> ubuntu-server at lists.ubuntu.com
> >>>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server
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> >>>
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> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Rev. Jim Tarvid, PCA
> >>
> >>
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