Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 07:57:53 -0700 From: "Ray" <ray@stilltech.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mail server recomendations Message-ID: <WorldClient-F200702100757.AA57530039@stilltech.net> In-Reply-To: <200702100157.22538.lists@jnielsen.net> References: <WorldClient-F200702092055.AA55500035@stilltech.net> <b34be8420702092216i13cb62dbu22e00cf0b8fb4e40@mail.gmail.com> <WorldClient-F200702092333.AA33370037@stilltech.net> <200702100157.22538.lists@jnielsen.net>
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-----Original Message----- Thanks for all the suggestions. Looks like I have a lot of reading ahead :) Ray > On Saturday 10 February 2007 01:33, Ray wrote: > > I'm looking for a package (or set of packages) that would provide a > mail > > server with the following capabilities > > > > minimally: > > pop and smtp access that could handle 20 to 100 domains and 200 to > 2000 > > mail boxes.(allowing some room for future growth) > > SMTP: sendmail is part of the base system and is pretty powerful but > has a > steep learning curve. There are alternatives available in the ports, > one of > the more popular being postfix. Others such as qmail may also be worth > researching. > > POP, etc.: I highly recommend dovecot. It's efficient, pretty easy to > configure, and can handle almost any setup you can imagine. You also > get > IMAP with this, which even if you don't want on its own you will want > to > use with your webmail package. > > > ideally: also provide a web interface for individual users and also > for > > administration on a per domain and whole server level. > > we have several customers that need to be able to administer their > own > > domains, (Read this as I don't want ten calls a day saying "I forgot > my > > password") but we don't want them touching others accounts. > > Admin: webmin provides a reasonably secure web-based frontend to many > different admin. tools and allows you to grant different levels of > access > to each tool to different users. Virtualmin might be an even better > match > for what you're after. > > Webmail: For features, go with Imp and any other parts of the Horde > suite of > applications that interest you. Horde's groupware package is starting > to > get pretty polished, and the individual components (mail, calendar, > address > book, tasks, etc) are all quite mature. Setup and config is a bit on > the > complex side, but there's work going on there and much of the initial > config is now web-based. Other popular and simpler webmail packages > include OpenWebMail and SquirrelMail. > > > spam and virus scanning would be a definite plus, but from what I > have > > read, these two parts are fairly straight forward. > > We have recently changed the web server from M$ to FreeBSD and now > we're > > trying to change the mail server too. > > Thanks for any pointers or suggestions. > > I use clamAV on my mailserver, works great and keeps itself up-to-date > pretty well. Easy integration with sendmail via a milter. For spam > you'll > likely want a combination of techniques. SpamAssassin is a good > starting > point. Also look at the DNS black- or greylisting features of your SMTP > program (I use a couple realtime DNS blacklists with sendmail). > Depending > on the types of messages you're hoping to stop/detect, you might also > want > to look at MimeDefang. > > Everything above is in the ports. You have a lot of options so it's > just a > matter of nailing down what you want in terms of features and then > selecting the best tool for the task. > > JN > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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