Gergely Buday wrote:
Dear Postfix experts,
I'm new to mailing servers and need advice. Is it reasonable for my
small company to use my own mail server? How much configuration is
needed for a secure setup on a CentOS box? The requirements are: I
have three domain names and only one user with some aliases. Google
apps is not an option as I would like to run my own web server. I have
some experience with Unices.
Sort of depends on how fancy you want to get. Getting a mail
installation working, complete with anti-spam and antivirus scanning,
can get a bit complicated - but running without antispam is just asking
for trouble. And that's before you add a POP or IMAP server. Then
again, it's an excellent learning experience.
The document I've found most useful, over the years, in getting an MTA
set up is:
http://www200.pair.com/mecham/spam/spamfilter20090215.html
(note that it's written around Debian Lenny - so your mileage may vary
on a CentOS box)
The same author has some related documents at
http://www200.pair.com/mecham/spam/
Also for Lenny, helpful if you want to run TLS on your mail server:
http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect-server-debian-lenny-ispconfig2-p4
For POP and IMAP, I've found the uw-imapd and uw-ipopd easier ot work
with than dovecot, but your mileage may vary.
And if you want to support lists, look at at Mailman (www.list.org) and
Sympa (www.sympa.org)
Miles Fidelman
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In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
In<fnord> practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra
