jleaman Posted January 24, 2004 Report Share Posted January 24, 2004 So a question to the pro's that know how to work and properly securly and configure a mail server.. What is all needed to run a mail server on mandrake 9.2.. I have a static ip i have tons of web power lots of ram. ? and a domain name. ie http://diy-audio.curtek.com can any one help me.. or point me in the right Direction.. Thanks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted January 24, 2004 Report Share Posted January 24, 2004 postfix .... some help configuring postfix http://loudas.com/coding.php?c=postfix_vir...ual_hosting.php and some authentication to stop open relaying, I use popb4smtp http://popbsmtp.sourceforge.net/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted January 24, 2004 Report Share Posted January 24, 2004 oh ... and the imap package (urpmi imap) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jleaman Posted January 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2004 Well it sux comming home to a server that is not online any more because some one got in.. My fault though. ihad samba on with all permissions off and ftp on : O(learned my lesson.. good part of this is i still have all my data.. and was up till 5am working on the server : O) so now im going to implement mandrake mnf again and continue to use it.. that way ifthere are any ports open on the server no one will see it unlesss i port forward it . : O ) Picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jleaman Posted January 28, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2004 so im thinking about tacking this again.. Is it hard to set this up.. ? On my server.. and securly.. im glad im running unix because i hear alot of people haveing problems right now with this new virus that is out.. Man i love mac no viruses out YET.. to ruen a good working os.. : O) SO can any one give me a few links to read about how to install and setup my mail server ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted January 28, 2004 Report Share Posted January 28, 2004 just install the imap package, then start addusers to the sysytem, plain and simple .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gowator Posted January 29, 2004 Report Share Posted January 29, 2004 something to consider :D Ive been REALLY impressed with the combination of Qmail and HORDE/IMP... I cheated and used a preconfigured one.... (SME server) but now Im trying it out myself. Take a look : My Mail server If you wanna look inside Ill create an account and password and pm ya!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted January 29, 2004 Report Share Posted January 29, 2004 yep ... done that to .. .except I'm using postfix virtual hosting and HORDE http://webmail.loudas.com Gowator, have you got turba running ? that is COOL 8) I'm playing with HORDE passwd :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gowator Posted January 29, 2004 Report Share Posted January 29, 2004 paul, Yep its very cool and professional :D IMP really looks the part and the language stuff works great.... Presentlly Im building a new server to replace the SME one, its just too much work making it do anything it doesn't wanna do. I tried it without RTFM and I think I might need to actually read it!!!! Any useful hints or tips would be appreciated :D (even just links to the easiest way to get it all working) Im also having to set up a load of ppptp tunnels, once this is working I will hotswap the server over to the new (temproary one) one and then set up the old one the same - any mistakes I make the first time:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted January 29, 2004 Report Share Posted January 29, 2004 I *cough* emerged *cough* the sources, then basically all I did was run an sql script for each modules, and change one conf file for each module. Most of the default configuration is poretty good, just DB usernames etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jleaman Posted January 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2004 this isn't going to easy for me is it.. : O ( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronin Posted January 29, 2004 Report Share Posted January 29, 2004 this isn't going to easy for me is it.. : O ( Maybe not. But keep us posted so it will make my life easier when I set up my mail server. :-) Once I get the damn server to boot up again that is after the breaker blew. Poor thing can't even start in cmd line anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jleaman Posted January 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2004 time to buy a ups like me... im looking at one a 1500va one JUSt for the server and hub's and cable modem.. 149.00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jleaman Posted January 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2004 I get this error when going to my webserver Web-admin page under qmail where can i get the download for qmail to install it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest anon Posted January 30, 2004 Report Share Posted January 30, 2004 Its not an error, you haven't installed it. Get it from software manager, or urpmi qmail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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