On 08/14/2014 07:14 AM, Ned Slider wrote: > On 13/08/14 17:32, Timothy Murphy wrote: >> BC wrote: >> >>>> I've never seen a 1-page document that said, >>>> "These are the changes I made after downloading packages X, Y and Z." >>> There is a large chasm between configuring a mail server and understanding >>> the configuration of a mail server. Due to the many pitfalls and custom >>> environments, it is very difficult to have a 1-page document that does >>> much more than be an outbound MTA. >> Note what I asked for. >> If you have installed postfix + spamassassin or whatever under CentOS >> then presumably you downloaded certain packages >> and then made certain changes in config files and perhaps elsewhere. >> Therefore it is possible to write a short document just listing >> the changes you have made. >> It may be a waste of time in your view; >> but in my experience this is exactly what I want to read >> for my very basic home server needs. >> > Yes, I did exactly that for CentOS 5, and you can find it on the Wiki here: > > http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos#head-0facb50d5796bee0bd394636c32ffa9a997a6ab5 > > There's a basic Postfix/Dovecot guide: > > http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/postfix > > It lists all the config changes required in Postfix and Dovecot for a > basic Postfix server (assumes networking knowledge). > > Then you can add in some simple spam filtering with Postfix restrictions: > > http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/postfix_restrictions > > or greylisting: > > http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/postgrey > > or bolt on Amavisd/SpamAssassin: > > http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Amavisd > > or bolt on some encryption with SASL and SSL/TLS > > http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/postfix_sasl > > These guides were all designed to be fully functional and modular so you > could pick just the bits you wanted to extend your basic Postfix > installation. > > There will be some config differences between el5 and el6 due to the > different versions of the packages used. If you can't figure out the > differences just go with the docs provided on el5 - it's supported for > another 3 years or so. > > If you get it working on el6/el7 please feel free to fork the docs for > those dists. I know of at least one person running this setup on el6 > with the extra packages from EPEL. > > This really isn't that difficult. The Postfix docs are excellent. You > just need to spend a day reading (and understanding) the docs. The main > confusion seems to stem from the fact that there are so many different > ways to implement a solution and there is no right or wrong way to do > it. But this just illustrates the ultimate flexibility of the software > you are using. > > The methods documented above illustrate one such approach. I (and > another contributor to this list) documented it for the wider community > as it's the method we use. If you don't like it feel free to use another > approach, but please don't complain that there isn't any documentation > when we worked really hard to develop those docs for the community. > I have used these docs a number of times (yes all of them) for CentOS-5 with no apparent issues - Thanks guys - much appreciated from me. I have just (8 months) set up a new CentOS-6 server using the same guides with few changes needed - I have just implemented virtual mail boxes on this for multiple domains, all working but no admin interface - i.e. need to edit config files to add users etc. Still looking into this bit to see if there is an option that is not full of security holes, thus far I would not expose the admin interfaces to the internet, i.e. only make them internally accessible. HTH > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos