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