[Cialug] More Linux Basics? - Hardening and Email

[Andrew Denner]

Another unified method I have seen before is iredmail. It bundles and
configures postfix, AMaVIS, clamAV, SpamAssassin, and Dovecot. (smtp, av,
antispam, and pop3/IMAP)


On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 2:05 PM, Brian Broughton
<brian-broughton at mchsi.com>wrote:

> Another unified method I'm using is Zentyal, includes the sender,
> receiver, web & calendar plus mobile for phones/etc. Down side it comes
> with a whole lot of other "stuff".
>
> Sent from my HTC One on the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE network
>
> ----- Reply message -----
> From: "Daniel A. Ramaley" <daniel.ramaley at drake.edu>
> To: <cialug at cialug.org>
> Subject: [Cialug] More Linux Basics? - Hardening and Email
> Date: Tue, Feb 11, 2014 1:47 PM
>
> On 2014-02-11 at 11:58:19 jim kraai wrote:
> > Why has setting up a secure'ish email server not gotten any better in
> > the last ten years?  Will the horror never end?
>
> I'm actually in the middle of refreshing my mail server (using the
> ISPmail instructions as a baseline), so i feel your pain.
>
> My suspicion is it is hard because when someone says "e-mail server"
> they don't mean just 1 server, but a variety of servers, all running
> together. You need a server to accept messages (SMTP, Submission). You
> need another server to provide messages to users (POP, IMAP). If you do
> content filtering, you need something to do that. If you offer web mail,
> you need something for that (HTTP, HTTPS). They are all different
> software that do different things. Not to mention some people like to
> mix their calendar up with their e-mail; if you do that, then you need
> another server to handle calendars. Or if you do password changes on the
> mail server, then you need some server to enable those.
>
> There are some integrated solutions like Zimbra, but they just bundle up
> all those components and make it a lot easier to administer.
>
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> Daniel A. Ramaley
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