[ale] Secure e-mail server

[Matt Urbanski]

I run zimbra and can tell you all about it. I've run the open source versions and the commercial one. 
Zimbra takes over your whole box, with a hodgepodge of different versions of things running on weird ports and with configuration files scattered all over the place. Think 2 instances of mysql, spamassasin, an openldap server, all kinds of stuff, very difficult to unravel when something goes wrong. Its a nightmare when you need to upgrade or update. If you have 2 servers running it, and not enough space for all your mailboxes on either one of them, when one goes down half your mailboxes are off the face of the earth, and you need an external mail spooler to get any kind of reliability.
So... In short, it beats running exchange. 

------Original Message------
From: JD
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To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
ReplyTo: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] Secure e-mail server
Sent: Feb 21, 2012 6:44 PM

On 02/21/2012 04:08 PM, Stephen Haywood wrote:
> I want to move my domain from google apps to a personal server. Are there any
> good guides for setting up a secure smtp server?

I don't know any guides - didn't google either.

My four rules:
* Don't run sendmail unless email is your life AND you've outgrown the other
alternatives.
* Don't be an open relay.
* Don't be a spammer.
* Always have a backup MX on a different ISP with an SMTP server ready to
receive email.

O'Reilly has a few books on SMTP/email/MTA.


IMAP rocks when you run your own server.

Does anyone else run Zimbra?
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