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Nick Smith wrote:

> i currently have a mail server running on debian (libranet specificly)
> and was wanting to make a gentoo mail server to replace it, someone
> gave me the specs on what i needed to set it up and this is what im
> using now...
>
> postfix
> postfix-pcre
> courier-imap
> courier-imap-ssl
> courier-authdaemon
> courier-maildrop
> courier-base
> courier-doc
> courier-ldap (want to play with this not installed atm, need help
> setting it up)
> procmail
> fetchmail
> squirrelmail
>
> has anyone done this with a similar setup on gentoo? do i need
> anything else besides these packages? any hints or tips for the
> journey? also is it possible to move the mail from ~Maildir on
> machine one to the same dir on machine two and work correctly? or will
> my mail dissapear? do you think the config files can be copied over?
> TIA
>
> nick
>
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also do i need to add anything to my make.conf as far as USE flags? im
kinda new to that whole thing.

thanks

nick

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Jonathan F Lebensold wrote:

>Nick,
> I've done numerous email server setups with an exim/courier-imap frontend
>tied to a MySQL Database for email account usernames, passwords, quotas
>etc.. . When your doing email, most of the concerns pertain to A) the users
>and B) the domains. I can only speak from my own experience, but using a
>database to handle users emails and passwords has worked well for me because
>its allowed me to have the same user connected to different domains. (My
>email servers usually host half a dozen domains/subdomains and they all need
>specific email accounts.) Furthermore, since these users are not tied to the
>system (ex. a passwd file); if someone were to compromise their account,
>they would gain access to that person's email and not the entire system.
>
>If your just serving email for 1 domain, then a lot of the complexity
>associated with a database (postgreSQL / MySQL / LDAP) would be overkill -
>but lots of fun ;)
>
>I've never used postfix, but I've heard good things with it. Same goes with
>procmail. I'm not sure why you need procmail, fetchmail AND postfix but I'm
>not entirely familiar with that kind of installation so I'd love to know why
>you've taken this approach.
>
>On a side note - Squirrelmail is nice and that was what I used when I had a
>debian email server. When I went to gentoo, I used the Horde Framework
>www.horde.org. Its got some more features and it looks a lot nicer. Bear in
>mind my information might be a little dated since I haven't used
>squirrelmail recently.
>
>Cheers,
>Jon
>
>
>
well i would like to know how you tied that all into mysql, would be
interesting for sure. what about USE flags? did you have to add any of
those when you compiled it on gentoo? and also i tried going to the
horde website to check em out (squirrelmail has some screen shots) but
the only thing that comes up is a page that says boone.horde.org,
nothing more. so i dont know about them, im use to SM so i think ill
just stick with that for now.

thanks for the input

nick

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Nick,
I've done numerous email server setups with an exim/courier-imap frontend
tied to a MySQL Database for email account usernames, passwords, quotas
etc.. . When your doing email, most of the concerns pertain to A) the users
and B) the domains. I can only speak from my own experience, but using a
database to handle users emails and passwords has worked well for me because
its allowed me to have the same user connected to different domains. (My
email servers usually host half a dozen domains/subdomains and they all need
specific email accounts.) Furthermore, since these users are not tied to the
system (ex. a passwd file); if someone were to compromise their account,
they would gain access to that person's email and not the entire system.

If your just serving email for 1 domain, then a lot of the complexity
associated with a database (postgreSQL / MySQL / LDAP) would be overkill -
but lots of fun ;)

I've never used postfix, but I've heard good things with it. Same goes with
procmail. I'm not sure why you need procmail, fetchmail AND postfix but I'm
not entirely familiar with that kind of installation so I'd love to know why
you've taken this approach.

On a side note - Squirrelmail is nice and that was what I used when I had a
debian email server. When I went to gentoo, I used the Horde Framework
www.horde.org. Its got some more features and it looks a lot nicer. Bear in
mind my information might be a little dated since I haven't used
squirrelmail recently.

Cheers,
Jon


On 10/12/04 3:27 PM, "Nick Smith" <nick@computernick.com> wrote:

> i currently have a mail server running on debian (libranet specificly)
> and was wanting to make a gentoo mail server to replace it, someone gave
> me the specs on what i needed to set it up and this is what im using now...
>
> postfix
> postfix-pcre
> courier-imap
> courier-imap-ssl
> courier-authdaemon
> courier-maildrop
> courier-base
> courier-doc
> courier-ldap (want to play with this not installed atm, need help
> setting it up)
> procmail
> fetchmail
> squirrelmail
>
> has anyone done this with a similar setup on gentoo? do i need anything
> else besides these packages? any hints or tips for the journey? also is
> it possible to move the mail from ~Maildir on machine one to the same
> dir on machine two and work correctly? or will my mail dissapear? do
> you think the config files can be copied over?
>
> TIA
>
> nick
>
> --
> gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
>



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there are several howtos on the forums, the wiki and in the docs on
www.gentoo.org

they explain it better than a few quick emails on this list ever will.


On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 20:59:00 +0000
Nick Smith <nick@computernick.com> wrote:

> Jonathan F Lebensold wrote:
>
> >Nick,
> > I've done numerous email server setups with an exim/courier-imap frontend
> >tied to a MySQL Database for email account usernames, passwords, quotas
> >etc.. . When your doing email, most of the concerns pertain to A) the users
> >and B) the domains. I can only speak from my own experience, but using a
> >database to handle users emails and passwords has worked well for me because
> >its allowed me to have the same user connected to different domains. (My
> >email servers usually host half a dozen domains/subdomains and they all need
> >specific email accounts.) Furthermore, since these users are not tied to the
> >system (ex. a passwd file); if someone were to compromise their account,
> >they would gain access to that person's email and not the entire system.
> >
> >If your just serving email for 1 domain, then a lot of the complexity
> >associated with a database (postgreSQL / MySQL / LDAP) would be overkill -
> >but lots of fun ;)
> >
> >I've never used postfix, but I've heard good things with it. Same goes with
> >procmail. I'm not sure why you need procmail, fetchmail AND postfix but I'm
> >not entirely familiar with that kind of installation so I'd love to know why
> >you've taken this approach.
> >
> >On a side note - Squirrelmail is nice and that was what I used when I had a
> >debian email server. When I went to gentoo, I used the Horde Framework
> >www.horde.org. Its got some more features and it looks a lot nicer. Bear in
> >mind my information might be a little dated since I haven't used
> >squirrelmail recently.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Jon
> >
> >
> >
> well i would like to know how you tied that all into mysql, would be
> interesting for sure. what about USE flags? did you have to add any of
> those when you compiled it on gentoo? and also i tried going to the
> horde website to check em out (squirrelmail has some screen shots) but
> the only thing that comes up is a page that says boone.horde.org,
> nothing more. so i dont know about them, im use to SM so i think ill
> just stick with that for now.
>
> thanks for the input
>
> nick
>
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Nick,
I currently use a similar installation to the one mentioned in my little doc
here:
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=75425&highlight=exim+mysql
Things that have changed are how spamassassin and clam-av integrate into
exim. I can help you out with that if need be (and if you choose this kind
of solution.)
Also, horde isn't dead; a demo exists here:
http://www.horde.org/demo/

Cheers,
- jon


On 10/12/04 4:59 PM, "Nick Smith" <nick@computernick.com> wrote:

> Jonathan F Lebensold wrote:
>
>> Nick,
>> I've done numerous email server setups with an exim/courier-imap frontend
>> tied to a MySQL Database for email account usernames, passwords, quotas
>> etc.. . When your doing email, most of the concerns pertain to A) the users
>> and B) the domains. I can only speak from my own experience, but using a
>> database to handle users emails and passwords has worked well for me because
>> its allowed me to have the same user connected to different domains. (My
>> email servers usually host half a dozen domains/subdomains and they all need
>> specific email accounts.) Furthermore, since these users are not tied to the
>> system (ex. a passwd file); if someone were to compromise their account,
>> they would gain access to that person's email and not the entire system.
>>
>> If your just serving email for 1 domain, then a lot of the complexity
>> associated with a database (postgreSQL / MySQL / LDAP) would be overkill -
>> but lots of fun ;)
>>
>> I've never used postfix, but I've heard good things with it. Same goes with
>> procmail. I'm not sure why you need procmail, fetchmail AND postfix but I'm
>> not entirely familiar with that kind of installation so I'd love to know why
>> you've taken this approach.
>>
>> On a side note - Squirrelmail is nice and that was what I used when I had a
>> debian email server. When I went to gentoo, I used the Horde Framework
>> www.horde.org. Its got some more features and it looks a lot nicer. Bear in
>> mind my information might be a little dated since I haven't used
>> squirrelmail recently.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Jon
>>
>>
>>
> well i would like to know how you tied that all into mysql, would be
> interesting for sure. what about USE flags? did you have to add any of
> those when you compiled it on gentoo? and also i tried going to the
> horde website to check em out (squirrelmail has some screen shots) but
> the only thing that comes up is a page that says boone.horde.org,
> nothing more. so i dont know about them, im use to SM so i think ill
> just stick with that for now.
>
> thanks for the input
>
> nick
>
> --
> gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
>



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