> Actually... I'm left wondering if this mailserver is really meant to be > an IMAP only mailserver or just an IMAP capable mailserver? Most users > like to use POP and keep their mail locally but have the option to use a > Webmail program when away. If that is the case, there are a lot of > things talked about that really are pretty outlandish. Heck, a lot of > ISPs still have a 5meg quota on their users! Yup, one of the larger ones > in this area defaults to that.. a phone call is all it takes to get it > raised, but I can see their point. If you give them 100megs it'll get > filled up. Many users don't even use email except on hotmail or yahoo. > Spammers' dictionaries are constantly finding non-mail user accounts on > my boxes. Mother Nature abhors an unfilled harddisk. The OP said IMAP only. > > Also, if the school can only afford to use an old machine like this, how > much 'time' can they afford to put into a highly customized system? > There's the learning curve..... and as well, many times the 'person > responsible' changes frequently in a college setting. Having something > which someone else can take over is an important issue. "Simple" is > relative... once you've done it five or so times.. yeah, it's simple. :) Yes, that's why I don't buy a use what's bundled line of thinking unless of course it fits the bill. > > Many of us have to know something about a LOT, and simply don't have the > time to know a LOT about something. Like having a good grasp of > everything from setting up webservers, DNS, email, to building > sites/pages understanding some of the programming languages to doing > tech calls for folks whose "Outlook is stuck", who many times don't know > the difference between Outlook and MSIE! This is said just to point out > the idea of thinking about the 'level' of the posters inquiry and > situation. > > I think we could easily handle AOL's, MSN's and Yahoo's email with what > has been discussed... but it might take more that a 40G drive... ;) Nope, what has been discussed will not go anywhere near handling AOL/MSN/Yahoo. No one has yet touched on email account existence check. With vpopmail and mysql-enabled postfix, that's set. I believe Karanbir mentioned something about cyrus + Web-cyradmin + pam_mysql but that did not touch on postfix doing the existence check which depends on the table schema used. Large site does not have to be a frigging monster site...what about multiple office enterprises? How would you handle those? Running a mail store takes a fair bit of work to get a problem free (save hardware problems) setup.