Michael Walma wrote:
Everyone has their favourite answer to this question. Mine is
POSTFIX+MYSQL+SpamAssassin+Courier-IMAP+Maildrop and HORDE/IMP for webmail.
There are lots of others, but most people are coming around to the idea of
using Postfix for the MTA. I used any number of howto's to put my system
together, but a quick scan of the howto links on the Postfix page
(http://www.postfix.org/docs.html) finds this, tailored for Debian Etch:
http://workaround.org/articles/ispmail-etch/
I've been working with Christopher Haas's Postfix/MySQL/blah/blah stuff
for four years with absolutely no complaints. I use Courier IMAP, and
didn't have terrible problems getting things to work. The new version
on Etch looks far simpler. I grafted on Squirrelmail as I found it
simpler than SQWebMail.
I'm going to have a go at getting Roaring Penguin's MimeDefang running -
SpamAssassin just doesn't cut the mustard in comparison. Postfix
versions 2.3 and greater are SUPPOSED to support the Milter interface,
so on my next server upgrade I'll go with the new Dovecot replacing
Courier and get the RP MimeDefang running.
In response to the original poster, the latest software is very often
not the best. A stable, reliable mail server is far more important than
one with the latest versions of everything. Don't get hung out to dry
on the bleeding edge. Production boxes don't run experimental/testing
versions of anything.
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Bill S.