[aklug] Re: Easier e-mail server?

On 10/05/2010 03:10 PM, Tim Gibney wrote:
> I maybe flamed to an oblivion here but I find Windows 2k8 small business
> edition with exchange server fairly easy for non techie users to setup.
> It will crash and need to be constantly patched and rebooted every week,
> but it will work.

We maybe have different ideas of what 'it works' is. :)

> Just an idea until you have time to setup sendmail or SuSE Enterprise
> Linux.
>
> I thought about creating a custom Linux suite based on Ubuntu or Redhat
> that could be easy to setup with configuration tools that could resemble
> Windows Server Small Business Edition.
>
> Not every user is a LAN administrator supporting +1000 users.
>
> On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 10:21 AM, Shane R. Spencer <shane@bogomip.com
> <mailto:shane@bogomip.com>> wrote:
>
> Another short answer is "ebox". It helps with the footwork of
> getting things set up when
> you're not already an ISP administrator :)
>
> Apparently ebox changed it's name to zentyal. OOOkay.
>
> http://www.zentyal.org/
>
> On 10/02/2010 07:15 PM, Damien Hull wrote:
> > The short answer is no. Email requires two services. Post fix is a
> > good smtp server. Then you need a way to get your email. That's gonna
> > be IMAP4.
> >
> > There are some good postfix instructions out there. Some are on the
> > post fix website. It's been years since I've done anything with it and
> > I agree, it's not easy.
> >
> > I tried using Zimbra. It has an awesome web interface. That doesn't
> > help you when the back end decides to die for no reason.
> >
> > Stick with postfix and a good IMAP4 server. Don't forget TLS, SPAM
> > assassin, and ClamAV.
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On Oct 2, 2010, at 7:03 PM, Christopher Howard
> <choward@indicium.us <mailto:choward@indicium.us>> wrote:
> >
> > Another quick subject: Is there a super-easy-to-set-up e-mail server
> > program that allows use of ssl certs for connection security? I've
> > burned about 10+ hours trying to get postfix configured, and I'm still
> > not there yet. Just wondering if there was an easier way. Heard about
> > some other Linux e-mail server programs, but they were said to be
> either
> > more complicated to set up, or no longer properly maintained.
> >
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