Mail/Webmail solution for multiple domains on a Debian server

[dsr at tao.merseine.nu (dsr at tao.merseine.nu)]

On Sun, Feb 12, 2006 at 08:57:09PM +0200, Roger Day wrote:
> Looking for some assistance on getting a server configured to run 
> mail for a number of clients.  They need POP/IMAP (and webmail) 
> access for multiple users on multiple domains.

How many, and what sort of load? 

> In the past my mail solution has used Exim as MTA which has an LDAP 
> tree for authentication etc.  The interface (control panel) for this 
> LDAP
> tree is a little java app that is not perfect but does the job 
> nicely. 
> (we build a ssh tunnel to port 389)
> 
> http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/~gawor/ldap/
> 
> The webmail client of choice has been http://www.horde.org/imp/ and 
> uses Spamassin/ClamAV to try and remove some of the junk....
> 
> I am looking for comments on how good (or bad?) this way of doing it 
> and
> if anyone doing this or done so using something similar.  How 
> practical is
> it to try and cobble these components together?  I will consider 
> using any
> combination of components so long as it does the job well.....

Exim is perfectly capable as a mail server. Other good choices
are Postfix and qmail.

Similarly, SpamAssassin and ClamAV are good choices. You'll want
to add an RBL lookup or two --  sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org and dnsbl.njabl.org
are fairly conservative choices.

If you like imp, by all means continue.

The most flexible means of storing email these days is in
Maildirs. Exim, Postfix and qmail all understand them. It will
slightly constrain your choice of IMAP server, but not much.

There are good mailing lists to provide support for all these
packages, and probably local contractors available with
experience in most of them.

-dsr-

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