****How to setup a Linux mail server?

[Jeffrey Ross]

> On Tue, 2007-01-02 at 17:02 +0000, Anne Wilson wrote:
>> On Tuesday 02 January 2007 16:14, Craig White wrote:
>> > On Tue, 2007-01-02 at 10:13 +0000, Anne Wilson wrote:
>> > > On Tuesday 02 January 2007 04:08, Craig White wrote:
>> > > > 2. I would recommend brennan's home server howto...
>> > > >
>> > > > http://www.brennan.id.au/
>> > > >
>> > > > this uses sendmail/dovecot, neither of which I use but you gotta
>> start
>> > > > somewhere
>> > >
>> > > Dovecot has the advantage of good on-line documentation - and a
>> mailing
>> > > list if required.
>> >
>> > ----
>> > and perfectly acceptable for those who want to run their own mail
>> > server.
>> >
>> True - and because the documentation is good it's not hard to set up.  I
>> collect from several email addresses for myself and my husband with
>> fetchmail, then pass it to procmail for sorting and delivering.  Dovecot
>> then
>> runs the imap for both of us.
>>
>> Another advantage to some people is its ability to handle both pop and
>> imap.
>>
>> > cyrus-imapd however, is mail server for those who want it all (mail
>> > quotas, public mailboxes (a rich ACL environment), auto subscribe,
>> auto
>> > sieve, auto create (folders), high performance, non-shell users, etc.
>> >
>> Also comes well-recommended, though I've not used it myself.
>>
>> Anne
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>
> Using exim, cyrus-imapd (+evolution) here, bit of a learning curve, but
> seems Ok, its been running for 9 months, FC5, just haven't got round to
> updating the server!
>
> John
>
You ask a dozen people, you get a dozen answers, I am also running exim 4,
however I compiled it myself from sources.

I have been running exim since the FC4 (FC3?) and have been quite happy
with it.  I am also using imap and pop3 as well as TLS with a self signed
certificate.

I also installed ClamAV and spamassassin on the system to which exim uses
and all seems to work fine.

Jeff