[TriLUG] mail server

[Kevin Flanagan]

If you want an easy, open source email server, check out Mitel Networks
SME server, www.e-smith.org, it's a stripped down Redhat, with
management for the masses.  Very easy to set up, runs on almost anything
for hardware too.



Good luck,



	Kevin

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: trilug-admin at trilug.org 
> [mailto:trilug-admin at trilug.org] On Behalf Of mark at thefowles.com
> Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 10:51 AM
> To: trilug at trilug.org
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] mail server
> 
> 
> Tanner -
> 
> Thanks - I am trying to setup a pop3 mail server for the 
> Charter High School. I tried qmail - but I am struggling 
> (never have set up a mail server before) -- I'll look on 
> google (my favorite search engine :-)  ) -- I just want to 
> make sure I have enough information so that I don't wreck the site....
> 
> Thanks,
> Mark
> 
> ------------------------------------------------
> On 14 Oct 2002 10:40:18 -0400, Tanner Lovelace 
> <lovelace at wayfarer.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 2002-10-14 at 10:28, mark at thefowles.com wrote:
> > > Can anyone recommend a good email server for linux, or a 
> good step by step for configuring sendmail to handle pop3?
> > 
> > What are you trying to accomplish?  Sendmail is only an MTA (mail
> > transport agent).  It only transports mail between endpoints.
> > After that you need some other program for accessing the mail.
> > This can be a pop3 server, an imap server, or even a program
> > (like pine or mutt) that will access the mail file directly.
> > 
> > The University of Washington makes an imap server that also
> > does pop3.  It is much maligned, but it is very easy to setup
> > and works adequately.  In fact, it generally comes standard
> > in most linux distributions these days and you probably only
> > need to configure something in the inetd or xinetd 
> configuration files.
> > 
> > Alternatively, there are other pop3 servers out there.  A 
> > quick google search should show you several.
> > 
> > Tanner
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