Re: [tlug] OSX BSD mail server

["Micheal E Cooper" <mecooper@example.com>]

I will look into that, but the IMAP option does not seem viable for this
situation, since they don't have a lot of IT funding at this point, and they
don't have an admin for the system I am thinking of putting the mail server
on.

Micheal

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan Q" <jq@example.com>
To: <tlug@example.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 10:35 AM
Subject: Re: [tlug] OSX BSD mail server


> Dmytro Koval'ov (kov@example.com) wrote:
>
> > You can replace it with postfix if you fill more comfortable with it (I
> > prefer sendmail myself).
>
> You might also want to take a look at Exim <URL:http://www.exim.org/>
> which offers fully human-readable config files (Sendmail's may be ASCII,
> but they aren't terribly readable :-) and powerful regex-based filtering.
> Because of this filtering, Exim is very good at keeping out spam (note
> that this requires an admin with the time to update the filters every day,
> and using RBLs is also very helpful).
>
> As far as a POP3 server goes, there are any number you can choose from.
> Just do a search for POP3 on Freshmeat and choose one you like.
>
> If you have lots of (reliable) disk available, IMAP is also an option,
> because this gives students easy access to their mail from anywhere,
> and some of the best (and J-E capable) webmail systems currently only
> support IMAP (if you have any interest in a webmail option).
>
> IMAP used to be filled with too many security holes to make it worth
deploying,
> but it seems better now.  A consideration it does bring with it, however,
> is reliability.  If you're doing IMAP, you should be backing up the
> mail spool.  This can quickly get to require a high-capacity, high-speed
> backup device such as DLT or VXA tape.  I would also seriously consider
> running the IMAP spool on RAID 5 so that loss of a disk will not have
> immediate and dire consequences.
>
> Jonathan
>