Re: [Discuss] email server in Linux

2020-06-17 Thread Tom Luo
Thanks all for the answers. On Sat, Jun 13, 2020 at 2:10 PM Matthew Gillen wrote: > > On 6/13/2020 12:26 PM, Kent Borg wrote: > > On 6/12/20 10:29 PM, Tom Luo wrote: > >> Does anyone have experience setting a private email server in Ubuntu? > > > > If you like Ubuntu I would recommend Debian ins

Re: [Discuss] email server in Linux

2020-06-13 Thread Kent Borg
On 6/13/20 2:07 PM, Matthew Gillen wrote: Amen.  The other fun thing you can do is create unique email addresses for every website that wants you to make a login.  I just add a new line to /etc/aliases, run 'newaliases' (I do sendmail), and then I've got a site-specific email address that will g

Re: [Discuss] email server in Linux

2020-06-13 Thread Matthew Gillen
On 6/13/2020 12:26 PM, Kent Borg wrote: > On 6/12/20 10:29 PM, Tom Luo wrote: >> Does anyone have experience setting a private email server in Ubuntu? > > If you like Ubuntu I would recommend Debian instead. It is what Ubuntu > was based on and they haven't ruined it as badly as they have Ubuntu.

Re: [Discuss] email server in Linux

2020-06-13 Thread Jerry Feldman
I would agree with Rich. We've been running postfix on BLU for a long time. -- Jerry Feldman Boston Linux and Unix http://www.blu.org PGP key id: 6F6BB6E7 PGP Key fingerprint: 0EDC 2FF5 53A6 8EED 84D1 3050 5715 B88D 6F6 B B6E7 On Fri, Jun 12, 2020, 10:32 PM Tom Luo wrote: > Hi, all, > > Does

Re: [Discuss] email server in Linux

2020-06-13 Thread Dan Ritter
Kent Borg wrote: > On 6/12/20 10:29 PM, Tom Luo wrote: > > Does anyone have experience setting a private email server in Ubuntu? > > I run postfix and dovecot on Debian. > > But a warning: You are heading into very rarefied territory here. I like > think it gives me some sort of elite bragging r

Re: [Discuss] email server in Linux

2020-06-13 Thread Kent Borg
On 6/12/20 10:29 PM, Tom Luo wrote: Does anyone have experience setting a private email server in Ubuntu? If you like Ubuntu I would recommend Debian instead. It is what Ubuntu was based on and they haven't ruined it as badly as they have Ubuntu. I run postfix and dovecot on Debian. But a w

Re: [Discuss] email server in Linux

2020-06-13 Thread Rich Pieri
On Fri, 12 Jun 2020 23:03:35 -0400 Tom Luo wrote: > Hi, Rich, > > Do you recommend CentOS instead of Ubuntu? I don't advocate any particular distribution for any particular purpose. I only point out that I consider some distributions, such as Ubuntu, to be fatally flawed for some purposes, such

Re: [Discuss] email server in Linux

2020-06-12 Thread Tom Luo
Hi, Rich, Do you recommend CentOS instead of Ubuntu? Thanks, Tom On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 11:01 PM Rich Pieri wrote: > On Fri, 12 Jun 2020 22:35:26 -0400 > Dan Ritter wrote: > > > If you're running an email server, you shouldn't settle for > > defaults. You should read up on the options and

Re: [Discuss] email server in Linux

2020-06-12 Thread Rich Pieri
On Fri, 12 Jun 2020 22:35:26 -0400 Dan Ritter wrote: > If you're running an email server, you shouldn't settle for > defaults. You should read up on the options and have an opinion. I would also recommend not using Ubuntu. While they have their "server" spins (which is really just a different se

Re: [Discuss] email server in Linux

2020-06-12 Thread Dan Ritter
Tom Luo wrote: > Does anyone have experience setting a private email server in Ubuntu? > It seems Ubuntu has an email server itself. Is it good to use the email > server offered by Ubuntu? Or, do you have any suggestion for another open > source solution? > If you're running an email server, you

[Discuss] email server in Linux

2020-06-12 Thread Tom Luo
Hi, all, Does anyone have experience setting a private email server in Ubuntu? It seems Ubuntu has an email server itself. Is it good to use the email server offered by Ubuntu? Or, do you have any suggestion for another open source solution? Thanks, Tom __