Mail Server

[Michael Zoet]

> I would also like a really good solid guide on this. I found one out there
> that's halfway decent, but it has errors in it that if you follow it
> exactly, won't work.

You can never follow guides 100%! In your own network things are barely
the same as the authors network.

I think it is better to buy some books about the topic!

By the way there are a lot of good guides for setting up mail servers
already. I read and used them a lot. Most of them cover not all aspects
but that is impossible! E-mail is in our days the most abused system on
the Internet! And if you want to have your own mail server, reading and
learning a lot about e-mail, is the only way to get there. Otherwise you
will get into trouble, if your system is in production use.

>
> My basic idea of what should be in it:
>
> POP, IMAP
> Spam/AV
> Webmail (with users able to reset their own passwords)
> User/Distribution list creation
> Security Guidance
> Backups/DR

I'm not sure if you really mean this!? Even about Spam you can write tons
of books...

>
> If the setup is vastly different depending on the number of users, then I
> would suggest creating guides for user levels. Have one for less than 100
> users, 101 - 500, etc.
>

The user number is not that much important for a working setup. You can
have a really complex setup with only 5 users or relatively easy setup
with 1000 or more users. And everything between. For complex setups you
should have aleady the needed knowledge and no need for documentation at
all. Just the documentation for reference.

If you have a user number of 20 or more users, you should be able to make
your own decisions. It is really a bad idea to setup a reliable mail
server for 20 or more users, when you follow some guide and have no
knowledge about it.


Michael