Re: Advice Needed / .NET Postfix Control

2013-05-26 Thread The_Ace
Since this is for a completely windows based system, why not use a windows based mail server like hmailserver ? it supports several database types (mysql,mssql) so you can manage the user base through your system. On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 4:55 AM, Benny Pedersen wrote: > Greg Deward skrev den 20

Re: Advice Needed / .NET Postfix Control

2013-05-21 Thread Benny Pedersen
Greg Deward skrev den 2013-05-21 20:12: NEWBIE WARNING: I have never used Postfix and am not a Linux guru. Please be gentile. +1 http://www.postfix.org/addon.html (Run/Configuration/Queue/User management) -- senders that put my email into body content will deliver it to my own trashcan, s

Re: Advice Needed / .NET Postfix Control

2013-05-21 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 5/21/2013 1:28 PM, Greg Deward wrote: > Sorry... should have specified... cannot integrate with AD or the Microsoft > environment. It's a bit ironic that you're summarily eliminating the one interface you already know very well, which would work perfectly for you. I'd guess this is due to..

Re: Advice Needed / .NET Postfix Control

2013-05-21 Thread Serge Fonville
A few challenges then I suspect. Postfix does SMTP, you need a different service for IMAP It is likely easier (to maintain) a full solution (i.e. zarafa, zimbra) instead of a combination of services (postfix/dovecot) The point you make about low maintenance complicates things especially since ther

Re: Advice Needed / .NET Postfix Control

2013-05-21 Thread Brian Evans
On 5/21/2013 2:57 PM, Brian Evans wrote: Installing Postfix alone will not let you read the mail. You need an IMAP/POP3 client to read remotely which Postfix does not provide. I mean IMAP/POP3 server such as courier, dovecot, etc.

Re: Advice Needed / .NET Postfix Control

2013-05-21 Thread Viktor Dukhovni
On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 02:12:18PM -0400, Greg Deward wrote: > Is there an existing .NET library (DLL, etc.) for controlling > Postfix? No. But people use webmin or similar to control their Unix systems with Postfix as one of the managed components. > More specifically, I have a need for creati

Re: Advice Needed / .NET Postfix Control

2013-05-21 Thread Brian Evans
On 5/21/2013 2:49 PM, Greg Deward wrote: In our conversations, the overall goal was to have a stand-alone mail server running Ubuntu and whatever mail packages are installed in [as close to default as possible] configuration. The server should remain isolated and not be connected to any other

Re: Advice Needed / .NET Postfix Control

2013-05-21 Thread Greg Deward
In our conversations, the overall goal was to have a stand-alone mail server running Ubuntu and whatever mail packages are installed in [as close to default as possible] configuration. The server should remain isolated and not be connected to any other box or resource. We would call into it pr

Re: Advice Needed / .NET Postfix Control

2013-05-21 Thread Serge Fonville
Ah, ok. Well you can run OpenLDAP (for example) as a backend in the same way you could use AD. Postfix can use multiple backends depending on your needs. What requirements do you have? Kind regards/met vriendelijke groet, Serge Fonville http://www.sergefonville.nl Convince Microsoft! They

Re: Advice Needed / .NET Postfix Control

2013-05-21 Thread Greg Deward
Sorry... should have specified... cannot integrate with AD or the Microsoft environment. This needs to remain entirely stand-alone. This means our member base will be stored in the application's database and we will need to call out to Postfix to manually perform account provisioning and the l

Re: Advice Needed / .NET Postfix Control

2013-05-21 Thread Serge Fonville
Hi, >From your mail it seems you desire a backend that can handle all that, you should be able to setup postfix to retrieve its users from AD. HTH Kind regards/met vriendelijke groet, Serge Fonville http://www.sergefonville.nl Convince Microsoft! They need to add TRUNCATE PARTITION in SQL Ser

Advice Needed / .NET Postfix Control

2013-05-21 Thread Greg Deward
NEWBIE WARNING: I have never used Postfix and am not a Linux guru. Please be gentile. Is there an existing .NET library (DLL, etc.) for controlling Postfix? If not, is there an existing API for applications that are NOT running on the same server as Postfix? More specifically, I have a need