Simple internal email via Evolution

[Chaitanya]

On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 4:54 PM, franz.reitinger <
franz.reitinger at htl-wels.at> wrote:

> On Thu, 16 Jun 2011 01:10:35 -0700 (PDT), Matt Johnson wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> We've set up Ubuntu 10.04 LTS across 64 workstations in a school via
>> ltsp and have Evolution installed as it comes out of the box.
>>
>> We want to begin a teaching unit with some junior children (aged 7 /
>> 8) and use email between them internally. We do not need (or want) any
>> 'real' external email in or out. Ideally, to keep this simple to
>> setup, Johny needs to be able to email Jenny or any other user in
>> his/her class just with 'jenny' as the address.
>>
>> I would have thought that running on ltsp makes this even easier, as
>> I would think we're probably talking about keeping all the mail on
>> just the server - local mail?
>>
>> I don't know where to start. I doubt I'll need postfix or exim or
>> equivalent? Do users automatically get a mail box somewhere on the
>> system for local mail or is there a nifty shell command I can use to
>> set this up for all users? I don't know if this would be 'directory'
>> or a 'spool' etc. Evolution offers these options in the wizard.
>>
>> I'm pretty sure this can stay really simple. I guess we don't have to
>> use Evolution but it looks exactly what the teachers want.
>>
>> Any pointers gratefully received.
>>
>> --
>> Matt
>>
>
> Recently I've set up an exim4 based mailing system  in a similar
> environment. My basic components are:
>
> * virtualized ubuntu 10.04
> * exim4 as smtp
> * dovecot (1.x) for imap (Pop3 is also supported however we do not use it.)
> * ldap (eDirectory from Novell) for authorization
> * mailgate (Avira)as virus scanner (We also have Windows based systems
> using Outlook as mail client.)
>
> The ubuntu system works as dedicated server and the mail users do not have
> access; therefore I've set up the virtual user's (virtual hosting) approach.
> This means that the mail server povides a directory containing all the
> accounts. Exim4 & Dovecot are configured to use them.
> To reduce the administrative activities exim4 delegates most of the
> activities like delivery of mail, authorization etc. to dovecot.
>
> Exim4 & dovecot are well documented
>
> /franzR
>
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Your Reply is really very good. Keep it up friend you are doing a great job.

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Chaitanya Parekh
Enjay - Bhilad
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