Qmailtoaster looks great. Too bad it is an rpm and not Debian compatible. I didn't find any discussion if alien worked in this particular situation or not. I did find this write-up http://www.shupp.org/toaster/?page=preface#whatisatoaster which covered installing most of the bits of qmail toaster on a Debian box. Not sure how current it is. How different is CentOS from Debian? I have only ever used Debian, so I am a little concerned about adding yet one more unknown to the puzzle. Thanks for the lead!! Mark On Fri, 2007-10-05 at 09:35 -0700, Jorge Delacruz wrote: > Please check out qmailtoaster. It even comes in an ISO that has the > whole server side well integrated. It provides MTA, MDA, anti-spam, > anti-virus, imap, pop, webmail, muti-domain support, certificates, and > a web-based point & click interface so you don't have to learn too > much. I've set up a few of these (not the ISO, but sitting on CentOS > 4), and it works very well - takes hardly any (about an hour per > month, maybe) of my time. > > JD > > > Mark Phillips wrote: > I am thinking about setting up my own mail server (IMAP) so I > can sync > email, contacts, calendars with my blackberry. I have been > researching > email servers on Debian, and have a few questions. > > I need email for 5 users, 2-3 have Blackberries, and there are > 2 domains > involved. On the desktop, they all use Evolution. > > 1. How difficult is it to maintain am email server? > A couple of articles/forums recommend using a third party for > email > since keeping an email server secure is hard and a takes lots > of time. > Keeping on top of all the types of attacks and exploits people > come up > with, and then install patches to prevent them from taking > over your > server and using it for nefarious activities is a full time > job. Is this > true? > > 2. What combinations of MTA, MDA, MUA's do people use? > I have run across several articles that combine Postfix, > Courier or > Dovecot, and SquirrelMail or Qmail, MySQL, ClamAV, and > SpamAssassin. > Which is better (i.e. easier to install & maintain) Courier or > Dovecot? > What other combinations are better? How much time does it take > to keep > all these pieces secure? > > 3. How much hardware do I need? > I plan on using the funambol server for syncing the > blackberry, and that > requires a P4, 1.8 GHz, 200 MB disk space, and 512 MB of RAM. > How much > more do I need for email? Could my email server fit on the > same machine > or a separate machine? The funambol server is a J2EE > application (tomcat > & mysql) (http://www.funambol.com/). > > Thanks! > > Mark > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss