Mail Server

[Eric Peters]

In my humble opinion webmin shouldn't be used in a production environment
(or any environment for that matter). Remember a web-server running Webmin
must be run 'setuid root', an improperly configured Webmin can pose a huge
security threat to the system running it. Having such a powerful tool in the
hands of a ignorant new user that is publicly accessible is just asking for
trouble. If you can't administrate your server via CLI then you'd be better
off running a windows server. Just my 2 cents on the webmin thing.

Also there are other questions that need to be asked before you just sudo
apt-get install MTA, IMAP, ANTI-SPAM, ANTI-VIRUS etc...

i.e. is this mail server going to just be an MTA, is it going to provide a
mail store for users, is it going to provide access to the mail store via
IMAP, POP, or some other protocol, is it going to have any enhanced security
for relays, spam, viruses etc... or do you just need the server to send
system email. This is why I feel why you shouldn't just tasksel mail server,
your going to have to do some research and planing before deploying a mail
server.

Cheers,
Eric

On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 6:15 AM, Jim Tarvid <tarvid at ls.net> wrote:

> I am curious. Why shouldn't a new debian/ubuntu not use tasksel
> mail-server?
>
> tarvid at venus:~$ tasksel --task-packages mail-server
> dovecot-imapd
> procmail
> dovecot-common
> postfix
> libpth20
> libgpgme11
> libmysqlclient16
> mutt
> libpq5
> ssl-cert
> mailx
> bsd-mailx
> dovecot-pop3d
> mysql-common
>
> Not a bad start in two minutes flat.
>
> And why shouldn't a new user install webmin? They get a tool to explore
> configuration and a path towards intimacy and awareness that can lead to
> understanding. Of course, intellectual investment is required.
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 8:51 AM, Emil Tullstedt <sakjur at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Best Andrew!
>>
>> With Server 2003, do you mean Windows Server 2003 or a server from 2003?
>> Ubuntu Server is not an add-on for Windows Server 2003, but an external
>> server operative system.
>> If you wants to setup a mailserver with Ubuntu, please look at this page
>> first:
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MailServer
>> --
>> sakjur
>> Emil Tullstedt
>> ~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 2:05 PM, Andrew Butcher <
>> andrew.butcher at zambia.co.zm> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Guys
>>>
>>>
>>> I need some help setting up mail server using ubuntu software on server
>>> 2003
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Andrew Butcher
>>> +260979783583/+260955202198
>>>
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>>> ubuntu-server at lists.ubuntu.com
>>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server
>>> More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
>>>
>>
>>
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>>
>
>
>
> --
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>
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