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Email Server Frustration -- Looking for Advice
Stoic Joker:
@Shades - Cool, but a bit risky to start now coming out-of-the-gate with an EoL server ... But 2k3 would be safe enough. Once it's deployed it's just a "simple" matter of not breaking it. <-I'll probably get shot for that statement)
Stoic Joker:
A free 5 IP address version of GFI LanGuard is still available for download. IMHO, if you're running a Windows network, you should be using this utility - or at least something with comparable functions. Works with Standard, Enterprise, and SBS Windows Servers. Supports versions 2000, 2k3, and 2k8.
Link for more info and download here.
Cool tool. 8) :Thmbsup:
-40hz (November 22, 2010, 05:37 PM)
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That is cool, we recently went with Kaseya for managing multiple local and remote networks. While it ain't real cheap it's easily worth it. Hell after only 2 months the time savings alone (mine) has covered the cost of the system. It's best of both worlds - cloud based so free access from anywhere - But it's my cloud so all of the data is on my local server (not being held hostage by evil ones afar). Oh and one shot done licensing fees.
Shades:
@ Stoic Joker:
You are definitely right, but as the server is not essential I will keep it around until it really cannot be resurrected.
On-topic:
I had positive experiences with Vpop3 in a previous company I worked for. It is not free, but comes with quite effective anti-spam measures. At least a lot less sacrificial black Voodoo required.
Renegade:
Well, I think I'm sticking with hMailServer and AfterLogic Webmail and ClamWin for now.
hMailServer seems quite good so far. There are some things that I'd like to see in it, but they aren't 100% crucial, e.g. IP per domain, etc.
AfterLogic is a nice front end though. I installed Squirrelmail, and wow... is it fugly. It's also miserable to configure. AfterLogic Webmail was very easy to config. Which is nice because it indicates some polish. The UI for it is quite slick -- uses AJAX.
40hz:
Does this article address what you want to do?
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 used by Postfix.
The resulting Postfix server is capable of SMTP-AUTH and TLS and quota (quota is not built into Postfix by default, I'll show how to patch your Postfix appropriately). Passwords are stored in encrypted form in the database (most documents I found were dealing with plain text passwords which is a security risk). In addition to that, this tutorial covers the installation of Amavisd, SpamAssassin and ClamAV so that emails will be scanned for spam and viruses. I will also show how to install SquirrelMail as a webmail interface so that users can read and send emails and change their passwords.
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