On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 10:06 +0100, Karanbir Singh wrote: > 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/ ---- I would agree with the above but I would recommend using ldap instead of mysql for users. Not sure what you are looking for with web based user administration but suspect that webmin <http://www.webmin.com> is the answer for that. Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.