Mail Server

[Valerio Felici]

Il 20/01/2010 16:07, Michael Zoet ha scritto:
>
>> 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.
>
>

I agree with you Michael almost at 100% :-)


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