[sllug-members]: Email Servers

[Adam Cantwell]

Knight Walker wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-07-18 at 16:04 -0600, Adam Barrett wrote:
>> Ok,
>>
>> I can't remember the last time I asked this here so here it goes:
>>
>> In this day and age of Xampp/Lamp etc is there an easy 1 stop solution
>> to email servers? Specifically something I can download the package,
>> unzip and run?
> 
> Most e-mail servers are provided by the distro anymore, and a simple
> yum/apt-get command will install and configure them for local mail at
> least.  There may be some setup involved for making them send/receive
> for a whole domain or including anti-spam/anti-virus, but there are
> enough HOWTOs (I've been re-reading some recently) on how to get that
> done quickly enough, just like there are HOWTOs to get the most out of a
> XAMP/LAMP install.
> 
> -KW
> 

www.qmailtoaster.com

MTA's are provided by the distro.  If you want a full-featured solution, 
you need to go beyond that.  QmailToaster will give you everything you 
need without too much work to get setup (about 1 hour or so).

Be forewarned, however, that being a mail admin on even a small system 
can quickly consume all of your time if you do it right.  The biggest 
mistake most people make with their mail setup is setting it up and 
forgetting it.

Adam