You are interested in learning all the basics about running your own mail server using Debian Squeeze? Be my guest. All you need is a computer running Debian (Squeeze) and an internet connection. This tutorial explains step-by-step how to set up such a server and give you lots of background information in the process.
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The Perfect Server - OpenSUSE 11.4 x86_64 [ISPConfig 2]
This is a detailed description about how to set up an OpenSUSE 11.4 server (x86_64) that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters: Apache web server (SSL-capable), Postfix mail server with SMTP-AUTH and TLS, BIND DNS server, Proftpd FTP server, MySQL server, Dovecot POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, etc.
Read more »The Perfect Server - Debian Squeeze (Debian 6.0) [ISPConfig 2]
This tutorial shows how to set up a Debian Squeeze (Debian 6.0) server that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters: Apache web server (SSL-capable), Postfix mail server with SMTP-AUTH and TLS, BIND DNS server, Proftpd FTP server, MySQL server, Courier POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, etc.
Read more »The Perfect Server - Debian Squeeze With BIND & Courier [ISPConfig 3]
This tutorial shows how to prepare a Debian Squeeze (Debian 6.0) server for the installation of ISPConfig 3, and how to install ISPConfig 3. ISPConfig 3 is a webhosting control panel that allows you to configure the following services through a web browser: Apache web server, Postfix mail server, MySQL, BIND nameserver, PureFTPd, SpamAssassin, ClamAV, and many more.
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Postfix 2.8.0 available
Postfix (free and open-source mail transfer agent that routes and delivers electronic mail) stable release 2.8.0 is available. This release continues the move towards improving code and documentation, and making the system better prepared for changes in the threat environment.
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Virtual Users/Domains With Postfix, Courier, MySQL, SquirrelMail (Ubuntu 10.10)
This document describes how to install a Postfix mail server that is based on virtual users and domains, i.e. users and domains that are in a MySQL database. I'll also demonstrate the installation and configuration of Courier (Courier-POP3, Courier-IMAP), so that Courier can authenticate against the same MySQL database that Postfix uses.
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One aspect of managing mail server connections is managing Keep-Alives. Managing Keep-Alives with TCP connections may increase reliability of connections or save resources on the server.
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The Perfect Server - Mandriva 2010.1 (Spring) Free (x86_64) [ISPConfig 2]
This tutorial shows how to set up a Mandriva 2010.1 (Spring) Free (x86_64) server that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters: Apache web server (SSL-capable), Postfix mail server with SMTP-AUTH and TLS, BIND DNS server, Proftpd FTP server, MySQL server, Dovecot POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, etc.
Read more »Installing Maia Mailguard On Debian Lenny (Virtual Users/Domains With Postfix/MySQL)
This guide explains how to install Maia Mailguard, a spam and virus management system, on a Debian Lenny mailserver. Maia Mailguard is a web-based interface and management system based on the popular amavisd-new email scanner and SpamAssassin.
Read more »Postfix Monitoring With Mailgraph And pflogsumm On Debian Lenny
This article describes how you can monitor your Postfix mailserver with the tools Mailgraph and pflogsumm. Mailgraph creates daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly graphs of sent, received, bounced, and rejected emails and also of spam and viruses, if SpamAssassin and ClamAV are integrated into Postfix (e.g. using amavisd-new).
Read more »The Perfect Server - Fedora 13 x86_64 [ISPConfig 3]
This tutorial shows how to prepare a Fedora 13 server (x86_64) for the installation of ISPConfig 3, and how to install ISPConfig 3. ISPConfig 3 is a webhosting control panel that allows you to configure the following services through a web browser: Apache web server, Postfix mail server, MySQL, BIND nameserver, PureFTPd, SpamAssassin, ClamAV, and many more.
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The Perfect Server - CentOS 5.5 x86_64 [ISPConfig 3]
This tutorial shows how to prepare a CentOS 5.5 x86_64 server for the installation of ISPConfig 3, and how to install ISPConfig 3. ISPConfig 3 is a webhosting control panel that allows you to configure the following services through a web browser: Apache web server, Postfix mail server, MySQL, BIND nameserver, PureFTPd, SpamAssassin, ClamAV, and many more.
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Thunderbird Secure Connections Using Postfix
Client configuration can be just as big of problem as the set up for the server. One of the problems is that not all clients, both Linux and Windows, are capable of handling TLS or SMTP AUTH. That is getting better but it is still a problem. One great alternative client is Thunderbird, Icedove if you are on Debian.
Read more »Backup MX with Postfix
The primary goal of a backup machine for Postfix is that if the first one fails, mail will be collected by the secondary mail server until the primary mail server is back online. When you build the Backup MX be sure to install all of the necessary applications to scan for viruses and check for SPAM as you do not want to overload the primary machine once it comes online.
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Policy Banks with Postfix
Amavisd-new provides Policy Banks that allow you to manage messages based on the client or sender. For example if you wanted senders to be able to send to email lists without using the server resources for scanning with Spamassassin and ClamAv for these outgoing messages you could create a Policy Bank
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