ijez wrote: > Hi, > > 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. Personally, for such a setup - I'd go with postfix-mysql + cyrusimapd, and for webadmin you can throw in web-cyradm. That will let you manage virtual users / domains / forwards / autoreplies etc One of the most recommended setup's to combat spam, cheaply, seems to be implementing greylisting within postfix. In most cases that reduced your spam intake by almost 98% without any extra cost on cpu or bandwidth. For antivirus filtering take a look at MailScanner ( http://mailscanner.info/ ) it integrates well into CentOS3 or 4. And can work with most antivirus scanners that work on Linux. Johnny has a couple of excellent guides on his website at http://www.hughesjr.com/ - K -- Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : 2522219 at icq