[lug] Linux email server recommendations

[Joey McDonald]

We're running the following configuration:

RHL 9		
Postfix		
Amavis-new	
Clamd
Spamassassin
procmail
popa3d

and a really simple popb4smtp script we wrote. It's been really
stable and has worked very well for us. Only took us a weekend
or so to get it all setup. So, that's what I'd recommend. I'm
especially impressed with clamd. It seems to have blocked some
virus' that the commerical host-based anti-virus programs haven't
blocked (for whatever reason).

	--joey



On Fri, Apr 09, 2004 at 05:03:28PM -0600, Michael Belanger wrote:
> Agreed.. But here are the reasons this wont fly...
> 
> 1.  We are a grant-based project. We just don't have the resources to 
> farm out services like this.
> 
> 2.  Due to the sensitivity of the data being stored on the server,
> we just don't feel comfortable having them on a system on which we
> cannot guarantee privacy.
> 
> Michael
> 
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> 
> Nate Duehr wrote:
> 
> >Maybe a silly question but have you looked into simply not hosting it
> >on-site at all?  Is there a business need to have programmers 
> >administrating
> >mail servers there for some reason, or would it be simpler to just use an
> >off-site service with all the backups done for you, etc.  Why not have a
> >professional handle the mail server? 
> >
> >And maybe that leads into a question for the group -- which professional
> >mail services are good and worth the $?
> >
> >Nate
> 
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