Mauriat wrote:
On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 12:04 PM, Leon Vergottini leon.vergottini@gmail.com wrote:
Hi
I have been tasked to commissioned an e-mail server in the first quarter of next year. I got this task because I am the only one at work that plays and have a small bit of understanding of how Linux work. So, I am on a research spree. I have already had a look at the following sites:
The Linux document project How to forge Flurdy.com
I do not ask for step by step instructions, although it will be nice, however I ask that you guys will point me to resources on the internet that may help me in this regard.
Thank you very much
Regards Leon
If your intention is only for a dedicated email server, I would highly recommend CentOS 5.2. CentOS is intended for enterprise, it is reliable, stable and has a very long support cycle.
http://www.centos.org http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos#head-49a3d6a9a0c95cff0676b0209eae985780e41678 http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewforum.php?forum=41 http://www.linuxmail.info/mail-server-setup-centos-5/
There are many other resources on the web using CentOS for all sorts of server related functions.
-Mauriat
I think you should use CentOS as well. Setting up an email server (and modifying the associated DNS) is not that hard all by itself. The hard part is you will need to cope with floods of spam emails some of which contain viruses. I recommend you virus check all incoming emails and quarantine and ultimately delete infected mails before they get to the recipients.
Bob Cochran