[CentOS] Kind of OT: internal imap server

Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu m3freak at rogers.com
Tue Aug 22 14:53:03 UTC 2006


On Tue, 2006-22-08 at 13:48 +0800, Feizhou wrote:
> > I'm running a Postfix+Dovecot+SpamAssassin box in a DMZ.  Everything is
> > honkey dorey.
> > Lately I've been thinking about moving Dovecot (for IMAP) into the
> > internal network - I'd rather not store my mail on the CentOS 4 host in
> > the DMZ.
> 
> Why?

Well, I'd rather keep all of my (I have a small consulting company) mail
on the inside, making it harder to get to.  So, I'd say it's to secure
the mail storage some more.

I realize email is whizzing around the net in plain text (for the most
part) and can be easily sniffed.  I just think keeping mail in the
internal network would be a little safer than leaving it on a Internet
facing box.

Regards,

Ranbir
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