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Setting Up an Open Source Mail Server

Members of the ISP-Webhosting list share their favorite Web pages on how to set up an open source mail server.

[May 5, 2004]

On the ISP-Webhosting list in February, JM asked:

I'm looking for a good how to page for how to set up virtual user accounts for a mail server. Preferably using a MySQL/Postfix configuration, but just about any database or mail server config would be great at this point. =) Can anyone here point me in the right direction? I'm looking for something for SuSE Linux 8.2 or 9.

[AK replied] "There are numerous how-tos at www.postfix.org, and the mailing list is top notch. You might also want to look at Courier. It's fully integrated with POP/IMAP/webmail and there are many how tos on virtuals with mySQL. Look on sourceforge.net for courier."

[DB noted] "One platform agnostic solution is to build the courier RPM from source, as well as the Postfix package (as a non rpm).

http://www.marlow.dk/tech/postfix.php

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/virt-mail-howto.xml

http://workaround.org/articles/ispmail-sarge

Once you understand the lookup map structure, the how tos are very easy to follow.

[LR added] "webmin is an easy way to do it. They have a virtual-min module that automates it."

[XB quoted] "REDHAT + QMAIL + OPENSSL + APACHE + PHP + MYSQL + VPOPMAIL (with MySQL accounts) + COURIER-IMAP + SQUIRRELMAIL (with MySQL prefs/addrbook), QMAIL-SCANNER + CLAM ANTIVIRUS + SPAMASSASSIN

http://www.pipeline.com.au/staff/mbowe/isp/webmail-server.htm

Or a complete freebsd 4.9 (and up) install (again, it's qmail)

http://www.tnpi.biz/internet/mail/toaster/"

[ML suggested] "I don't know if anyone suggested this link, but here it goes:

http://www.high5.net/howto/

You can try it together with "Postfix Admin" GUI:

http://high5.net/postfixadmin/

One more with similar config:

http://www.sweeney.demon.co.uk/pfix_imap_virtual.html"

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