Dragan Zubac wrote:
Hello
I need to setup Postfix mail server that will be used only
occasionally for sending out newsletters and other automated emails.
There are 4 boxes,1. is the box where Postfix is installed,boxes 2.,3.
and 4. are boxes that have various scripts that will use SMTP to
connect to box 1. in order to send emails.
The requirements are as follows:
1. All Postfix mail logs must be able to check via some kind of web
interface,where one will be able to see the MessageID,Subject,To,
Date,Time and status of sent message,the similar can be seen on the
following URL:
http://www.kyapanel.com/images/rsgallery/original/kp8.png
(although not necessarily using this software)
The purpose of this requirement is for somebody to be able to find
out if any of the emails sent out was not delivered,and if not,
what was the reason.
2. The scripts will send 'important' and 'less important' emails. If
script is programmed to send 'important' ones,the copy of email
must be sent to a separate account that will archive all sent
emails (automatically BCC or something similar).
If script will send 'less important' email,there is no need to keep
a copy of sent email.
The purpose of this request is for somebody to be able to find out
the same copy of email if a recipient confirm that he has not
received that very same email.
3. Some emails will have kind of 'no-r...@domain.com' email address in
'From' field. If recipient of this email by accident or so
does send a reply back to 'no-re...@domain.com',he should receive
an error email ('User does not exist' or similar error) and
also certain local user at 'domai.com' should be alerted that an
attempt of email delivery to 'no-re...@domain.com' has been
occurred.
Could You please share Your ideas/thoughts how this can be achieved or
so ?
Sincerely
Dragan Zubac
I'm not sure if this is useful or not, but the two most common open
source pieces of software for managing mailing lists are mailman and
majordomo (the server used for this list). Both can be used with
postfix. mailman is written in python and has a web based interface to
allow users to subscribe as well as for management purposes. Majordomo
is written in perl, and I believe the administration as well as
subscription lists is still managed in email. Personally, I like the
web interface of mailman as well as the way that it handles headers.,
though I have not managed a list myself with mailman. I don't know
what kind of reporting these packages provide, but everything is in log
files and python/perl code can be easily customized, so if your skilled
at working with python/perl you could add report pages and features as
needed. Both packages have been used quite extensively for large
mailing lists.
http://www.greatcircle.com/majordomo/
http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/index.html
Outside of these options, there are commercial services that are
relatively inexpensive that provide mailing list managers with reporting
functions that marketing types tend to want to see. I'm not personally
a big fan of these things, and many are used for what I consider
borderline spamming, but sometimes it's easier to farm things out than
implement everything yourself. If it interests you, I can send you the
name of one that one of my clients likes, though I have no personal
experience.
Nataraj
