[Cialug] E-mail

[Josh More]

I run QmailToaster with Qmail Toaster Plus (QTP).

 http://www.qmailtoaster.org/
http://qtp.qmailtoaster.com/

Install guides here: 
http://wiki.qmailtoaster.com/index.php/Main_Page#Installation

On it's own, the combination of SpamAssassin and ClamAV work decently,
but you might want to front it with a Google email security package.  (
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/security/email.html )

I find that the combo works pretty well, and you can still choose your
own distro (within reason).


 

-Josh More, RHCE, CISSP, NCLP, GIAC 
 morej at alliancetechnologies.net 
 515-245-7701



>>> "Daniel A. Ramaley" <daniel.ramaley at DRAKE.EDU> 07/22/08 9:25 AM >>>

For those who own their own domains, what do you do for e-mail
services?

For the last ~10 years i've had an OpenBSD box sitting on my home DSL 
line running qmail as my mail server. Yesterday i lost power for about

4 hours, and when power was restored the server wouldn't boot. The 
machine is on a UPS and had a graceful shutdown, so i'm not sure why it

died. It was the first machine i ever built (486DX2/66, 20MB RAM, 2.5 
GB HD; upgraded from 40 MHz/4MB/340MB). I suspect the power supply was

dead, but i didn't have any other machines with an AT power supply to 
scavenge. Well, my firewall (the 486 in a cardboard box i brought to a

meeting many years ago), but i wasn't about to take that offline. So to

get mail running again i yanked the ethernet card and hard drive, and 
dropped them into a Pentium-II i had in storage that was old enough to

have ISA slots. While it runs noticeably faster in the more modern 
hardware, i'd like to look for something different. If most people 
still manage their own e-mail and recommend it, i'll probably set up a

new server with more modern software and features. I'd really like both

IMAP and a web mail interface; currently i just have POP. Spam 
filtering would also be nice as i currently get about 200/day on one of

my accounts. But if something like Google Apps or a different low-cost

paid service is easier to manage, i'd be interested in hearing about 
experiences with those.

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Dan Ramaley                            Dial Center 118, Drake
University
Network Programmer/Analyst             2407 Carpenter Ave
+1 515 271-4540                        Des Moines IA 50311 USA
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