>I need to setup a new mail server and before I got my feet wet or losing in the configurations jungle, I really need some advice from the gurus here for what the best software to used for the mailserver base on CentOS 4.x setup. > >The objective is, the mailserver will be easy to setup, maintained and have some >1. database backend for storing user info ( mysql? ) >2. spam and antivirus filtering >3. webbase user administrations >4. Provide smtp,smtps,pop3,pop3s,imap,imaps service > >Any pointer to a good documentations, how-to or links base on CentOS 4.x setup is really appreciates. > > Ijez, Ultimately, your requirements should drive your decision Let me qualify this opinion by disclosing that I am by no means a guru. However, when I wanted to set up a mail server for my home domain, the installation, documentation and support had to be easy. Although there may be technically superior solutions out there, I am kind of partial to Qmail in either of two flavors (in truth, it's not necessarily Qmail itself that sold me, but the individual implementations): www.qmailrocks.org - this site gives you a step-by-step walk through for configuring a Qmail server with anti-virus, anti-spam, web administration, smtp/pop/imap; it also provides a squirrelmail interface for checking email via the web. The documentation is very helpful and you learn a lot during the install. Given an existing install of CentOS, I would plan for about 8 hours for a first-time install. www.qmailtoaster.com - when my first mail server died (due to catastrophic hardware failure), I took the opportunity to switch to qmailtoaster. I'm a bit busy with life away from a keyboard, and the qmail-toaster setup had a couple of very strong benefits for me: First, it is incredibly simple. Given an existing CentOS installation, you can have a Qmail-toaster up and running in less than two hours (most of which is download/compile time). Second, there is a great web-admin interface for handling users, domains, and the MRTG add-on (speaking of domains, it supports multiple virtual domains). Features include spamassassin, clamav (antivirus), ezmlm, squirrelmail, smtp/pop/imap and etc. Finally, for me... the best part of the qmail-toaster installation is the mailing list, very friendly and helpful, with no haughty "RTFM" edicts from the self-appointed, unconfirmed bench. Consequently, there are very few in the way of stupid questions (perhaps when people give so willingly of their time and knowledge, there is the subconscious desire to search the archives rather than waste their time). just my $0.02 Another alternative is the recently released Scalix mail server www.scalix.com. I have not tested it, but there is a free 'community version' which is a full-featured version of the enterprise install (though limited to 5-users). hth, Ron Jones Alpharetta, GA