Choosing a mail Server for Linux

Hi all,

I'm in the process of setting-up a web server to host multiple sites,
and the only element I'm not too familiar with is setting-up and
configuring a mail server (POP3 Only). I know Apache rather well, but
I want to give each website the ability to have its own email accounts
with forwarding and SpamAssian. I will configure all this manually, so
something like CPanel isn't needed.

Is there some option, maybe a plugin to WebMin, that'll met me do all
this? I'm no noob to Linux (around 9 years of it under my belt), but
I've never spent the time to learn how to configure or use any mail
servers on Linux.

I'm not planning on allowing any SMTP access, but it would be nice to
have a web-based mail client available plus pop3 of course

Thanks for any suggestions or ideas... I know there's lots of options
out there, but I'm just not sure which is best and easiest to
configure. Also I'm not picky on the distro, though I've been thinking
of either Fedora or Slackware.

Thanks again --

Sam Alex

On 2005-09-06, Alex <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> I'm not planning on allowing any SMTP access

So, how is it supposed to receive or send mail your system then?

> Thanks for any suggestions or ideas... I know there's lots of options
> out there, but I'm just not sure which is best and easiest to

All of them are mostly the same. All the distribution came with Sendmail
or Postfix, just configure it to suit your needs.

Davide

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In comp.os.linux.setup Alex <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> configuring a mail server (POP3 Only).

That's not a mail server you need, that's a pop server. Different!

There are tons. Cucipop springs to mind. There is a standard one in the
inet package too.


Peter

In comp.os.linux.networking Peter T. Breuer <(E-Mail Removed)>:
> In comp.os.linux.setup Alex <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>> configuring a mail server (POP3 Only).

> That's not a mail server you need, that's a pop server. Different!

> There are tons. Cucipop springs to mind. There is a standard one in the
> inet package too.

qpopper has always worked great for me.

The OP might be confused about email concepts?
http://www.sendmail.org/email-explained.html
Should have some answers.

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"Alex" <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:

dovecot: http://www.dovecot.org/

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I don't know which distro you are using, but I use Postfix on Gentoo.

Here's a good howto for an anti-spam and anti-virus server. I'm sure
with your experience you can adapt the Gentoo specifics to your setup

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Spam_Fi...ostfix,_Amavis

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"Alex" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> I'm in the process of setting-up a web server to host multiple sites,
> and the only element I'm not too familiar with is setting-up and
> configuring a mail server (POP3 Only). I know Apache rather well, but
> I want to give each website the ability to have its own email accounts
> with forwarding and SpamAssian. I will configure all this manually, so
> something like CPanel isn't needed.
>
> Is there some option, maybe a plugin to WebMin, that'll met me do all
> this? I'm no noob to Linux (around 9 years of it under my belt), but
> I've never spent the time to learn how to configure or use any mail
> servers on Linux.
>
> I'm not planning on allowing any SMTP access, but it would be nice to
> have a web-based mail client available plus pop3 of course

If you give up on POP and go to IMAP, I highly recommend Hastymail.
Lightweight, pretty, and compiles well.

"Michael Heiming" <michael+(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> The OP might be confused about email concepts?
> http://www.sendmail.org/email-explained.html
> Should have some answers.

The funny part is that most of what the OP is looking for isn't even
discussed there. It doesn't say anything about programs that transfer mail
to a client after it has been delivered to the client's mailbox. (For
example, a POP or IMAP server.)

DS

In comp.os.linux.networking David Schwartz <(E-Mail Removed)>:

> "Michael Heiming" <michael+(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:uia1v2-(E-Mail Removed)...

>> The OP might be confused about email concepts?
>> http://www.sendmail.org/email-explained.html
>> Should have some answers.

> The funny part is that most of what the OP is looking for isn't even
> discussed there. It doesn't say anything about programs that transfer mail
> to a client after it has been delivered to the client's mailbox. (For
> example, a POP or IMAP server.)

No?

"Mail-boxes A mail-box is a file, or possibly a directory of
files, where incoming messages are stored."

This is what you access via POP3/IMAP.

From the OP:

"I'm not planning on allowing any SMTP access, but it would be
nice to have a web-based mail client available plus pop3 of
course "

The fun part is, that it doesn't make much sense, you won't have
much fun with a "web-based mail client" without MTA. The URL
shows high-level concept of electronic mail. That you didn't got
it even after reading isn't my fault. ;-)

Perhaps the OP meant he would only allow sending through a
web-based client?

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In comp.os.linux.setup Alex <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> I'm in the process of setting-up a web server to host multiple sites,
> and the only element I'm not too familiar with is setting-up and
> configuring a mail server (POP3 Only).

Ah! You mean you want to pick a Mail Delivery Agent. Please see:
"MDAs" on http://linuxmafia.com/kb/Mail/ for a bestiary.

I have no idea about integration into the likes of Webmin. My idea of
effective administrative tools is bash, vi, grep, sed, awk, etc. ;->