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Subject:    Re: [imp] Setting up my first mail server
From:       Nadeem Hasan <nhasan () nadmm ! com>
Date:       1999-11-17 0:34:32
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I'd recommend postfix (http://www.postfix.org) instead of
sendmail and Cyrus IMAPD  (http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/)
instead of UW IMAPD.

Reasons:
1. Postfix is 100 times easier to configure, many times 
faster and secure than sendmail.
2. Cyrus IMAPD allows sealed servers, mail users with no
system account. You can use PAM to authenticate with
just about anything.

I am already using postfix and in the process of migrating
to Cyrus IMAPD.

Good Luck,

Nadeem

Daniel Serodio wrote:
> 
>         Hi! I will be setting up a email server, running Red Hat 6.1. I will
> be using the imapd that comes with it (I think it's UW's), imp 2.0.11-1
> (the latest RPM I found), and sendmail (8.9.3-15 at the moment).
>         First, I would like to know what kind of hardware I will need. There
> are 25 users, which will be connecting primarily thru imap (OutLook
> Express), and Imp when they are not at the office. It will also act as a
> firewall for the LAN (25 workstations and a NT server).
>         Also, I'd like to have Imp secure. I'm already using
> apache-mod_ssl 1.3.9.2.4.1, but I've never worked with SSL before, so I have no
> idea how to do this. Getting a certificate, etc.
>         This server will possibly host their homepage soon, and I can't
> estimate how many users will be accessing it, so scalability is a must.
>         I'd like to keep it as much RPM-based as possible, as to simplify
> remote administrarion/upgrading.
>         Any help is appreciated, and thanks for the wonderful support going
> on this list. If you need any other info in order to help me please ask.
> 
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