Email Server

[Paul Howarth]

On Sun, 2004-09-19 at 10:37, Seb E. Payne wrote:
> Hi All

Please don't post HTML mail to mailing lists.

> I’m new to both the list and Fedora Linux. Our small business is
> currently running Exchange but we would prefer to move to an open
> source alternative. I have a few questions to ask
> 
>  
> 
>      1. Which is better, Sendmail or Postfix?

Now that is really asking to start a "holy war" between proponents of
the two MTAs. Given that you're unfamiliar with both, despite the fact
that I'm a sendmail user myself and that sendmail is the default MTA on
Fedora, I'd suggest going to Postfix as it's easier to configure.

>      1. Is there an easy way to configure them or do you have to use
>         configuration files?

Configuration files *are* the easy way to configure things. GUIs tend to
hide things from you.

>      1. Are there any good guides around for setting up a Linux email
>         server?
>      2. What components do I need? Somebody told me that unlike
>         Exchange, you need many different components in Linux for a
>         mail server!

You need to better specify what you want to do with your mail server.
The MTA handles mail delivery (incoming and outgoing). You may also want
virus and/or spam filtering, which would be separate packages (e.g.
clamav & spamassassin), you'll probably also want a POP3 or IMAP mail
server (e.g. dovecot) so that your mail clients can read their mail
without having to log onto the mail server. You may also want webmail
access for travelling people (e.g. squirrelmail).

Paul.
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Paul Howarth <paul at city-fan.org>