Mail Server

[Douglas Stanley]

Well, just my 2 cents, realistically, what's more of a security risk,
running webmin, or running windows server? :)
I'd actually put them about neck and neck. You basically asking to get
hacked either way, unless you really
lock down the webmin, but if you know enough to do that, then you
probably aren't running webmin.

As for mail, yeah what all would this mail server be doing? If you're
talking about using it in conjunction
with win 2k3 server, most people who do that use ubuntu/linux as the
filtering proxy, but maybe this person
is trying to migrate away from exchange...

If you're making a relay/filtering proxy, then I'd say postfix +
amavisd-new +clamd + spamassassin...
I wish I had an easier to configure option, but it seems the only
other major alternative is mailscanner,
which seems just as difficult to configure as amavis.

As for mail storage, seems like dovecot is the standard choice,
however, I've long been a huge fan of
dbmail. It's probably the easiest mail store to set up and maintain.
Plus it's very fast, and pretty easy
to scale (just need to know how to scale a db server).

Anyway, just my 2 cents :) Everyone keeps chipping in their 2 cents,
and we'll soon have enough to buy
a pack of gum!

Doug

On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 10:56 AM, Eric Peters <eric at linuxsystems.net> wrote:
> 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
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> +260979783583/+260955202198
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>>
>>
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