Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > 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? > > Not having done this before, I'm not quite sure what options I have. > Also, I don't know if this is a good idea at all. So: > > 1. Should I just leave mail storage on the same box in the DMZ? Tell us why you want to move first. > 2. If the answer to 1 is no, what's the best way to get mail from the > SMTP server in the DMZ to an IMAP server in the internal network? > Here's what I've briefly considered: > > DMZ Postfix+SpamAssassin -> Internal Postfix+Dovecot > DMZ Postfix+SpamAssassin -> Internal Fetchmail+Dovecot Forget this. Answer the question first and then you can come to this after you also consider your hardware. > > 3. Any tutorials for this out there, or even articles, etc., discussing > using Postfix as a gateway? So far, I haven't found any that I've > liked. ... It is a little bit involved. But first answer the question of why you want to move before we explore this.