[TriLUG] Network file system.

Tue Aug 27 11:26:22 EDT 2002

Message Transfer Authorities like sendmail and postfix (exim, qmail, smail, 
etc), are used purely for shuffling mail across the internet from mail 
server to mail server.

POP and IMAP are independent of MTA's. Personally I use the University of 
Washington's (the default with Redhat and Mandrake).

In the past I've used Qpopper, but UW's is just fine and actually is less 
disk intensive that Qpopper.

As for IMAP, you'll find a lot of opinions.  A lot of groups I belong to 
have voted on Squirrel mail (but only for installs of less than 500 
mailboxes).  Squirrel mail is IMAP and webmail all in one.  For larger 
installs, Cyrus seems to be the preferred IMAP installation.  Cyrus is very 
scalable and is used by a lot of larger universities and other 
organizations. 

Jon

On Tuesday 27 August 2002 10:17 am, Ben Simpson wrote:
> I will definitely take a closer look at it then.   What do you use for
> pop3 and imap with a postfix server?
>
> Ben
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jon Carnes" <jonc at nc.rr.com>
> To: <trilug at trilug.org>
> Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 4:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Network file system.
>
> > Postfix is as close to a drop in replacement for sendmail as you get.
> > Under normal circumstances it does everything that Sendmail does.  The
> > exception is that the Postfix does a superior job of handling virtual
> > domains.  In fact, Tanner moved TriLUG over to Postfix to solve a
> > problem we had with virtual hosting.
> > Sendmail could have handled the problem with a recompile and the
> > addition of another configuration file to handle reverse mapping of
> > email
>
> addresses,
>
> > but Postfix was a simple drop in replacement that handled the problem.
> >
> > Other pluses are that Postfix doesn't run as a monolithic deamon, it
> > actually runs as a modularized application where each module only has
> > the rights necessary to handle its specific job.  The net effect is
> > that Postfix is much more secure than Sendmail.
> >
> > Another plus for Postfix is that it can handle much more mail using
> > much less processor and memory than Sendmail.
> >
> > Finally, Postfix also integrates with LDAP.  The install comes with an
>
> LDAP
>
> > integrations example.
> >
> > Jon
> > ===
> >
> > On Tuesday 27 August 2002 08:40 am, Ben Simpson wrote:
> > > Cool thanks for the help.  I probably will ask a few questions.
> > > Have you set up Samba to work with LDAP?
> > >
> > > Does Postfix work with LDAP?
> > > I will take a look at Postfix and try to install it.
> > > the reason I picked sendmail was just because it seemed to be the
> > > most popular (going with the idea, if it is popular it is pretty much
> > > standard) But I am open to other things.  Webmin does a good job of
> > > taking some of the complexity out of it.  Webmin also has a postfix
> > > module.  I am curious to take a look at it.
> > > How well does it handle virtual user accounts?   Like
> > > ben at silextech.com and ben at someotherdomain.com  these should be two
> > > different users.  Does Postfix handle that.
> > > Also is it a drop in replacement for sendmail?
> > >
> > > Ben
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Thunder Bear" <thunderbear at yonderway.com>
> > > To: <trilug at trilug.org>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 8:07 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Network file system.
> > >
> > > > DocBook XML is the most portable.  If that is not practical, plain
> > > > old HTML is best.
> > > >
> > > > I know others are going to say it, so I won't feel too bad asking:
> > > > have you considered Postfix instead of Sendmail?  It is
> > > > exponentially easier to set up, which is especially important to
> > > > lure in NT admins.
> > > >
> > > > Otherwise I think this is a very worthy effort.  I've done some of
>
> this
>
> > > > kind of work myself so feel free to hit me privately if you get
> > > > stuck on something or just want a second pair of eyes to look at
> > > > it.
> > > >
> > > > The LDAP & Samba bit is likely to be the toughest part IMHO (if you
> > > > drop sendmail anyway *wink*)
> > > >
> > > > On Tuesday, August 27, 2002, at 08:01 AM, Ben Simpson wrote:
> > > > > I am working on some installation instructions for Debian 3.0 
> > > > > Just because
> > > > > I have it installed.
> > > > >
> > > > > I am trying to write it for those people that would like to
> > > > > replace windows
> > > > > 2k with linux alternatives.
> > > > >
> > > > > for example....
> > > > > Debian linux 3.0 w/Samba file services.
> > > > > PostgreSQL to replace Microsoft SQL 2000
> > > > > Sendmail to replace Exchange 2000
> > > > > Apache to replace IIS5
> > > > > Webmin to replace Web Based Administration
> > > > > LDAP to replace AD
> > > > >
> > > > > I would like to duplicate all the parts of windows 2000 using
> > > > > free software
> > > > > and linux.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I am writing it on a linux machine and would like to know what
> > > > > document format most people use? (other than .doc)  Kword?
> > > > > Abiword?
> > > > >
> > > > > Ben
> > >
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