[Cialug] More Linux Basics? - Hardening and Email

[jim kraai]

these look great, thank you!


On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 2:16 PM, Andrew Denner <linux-list at upeke.com> wrote:

> Another unified method I have seen before is iredmail. It bundles and
> configures postfix, AMaVIS, clamAV, SpamAssassin, and Dovecot. (smtp, av,
> antispam, and pop3/IMAP)
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 2:05 PM, Brian Broughton
> <brian-broughton at mchsi.com>wrote:
>
> > Another unified method I'm using is Zentyal, includes the sender,
> > receiver, web & calendar plus mobile for phones/etc. Down side it comes
> > with a whole lot of other "stuff".
> >
> > Sent from my HTC One on the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE network
> >
> > ----- Reply message -----
> > From: "Daniel A. Ramaley" <daniel.ramaley at drake.edu>
> > To: <cialug at cialug.org>
> > Subject: [Cialug] More Linux Basics? - Hardening and Email
> > Date: Tue, Feb 11, 2014 1:47 PM
> >
> > On 2014-02-11 at 11:58:19 jim kraai wrote:
> > > Why has setting up a secure'ish email server not gotten any better in
> > > the last ten years?  Will the horror never end?
> >
> > I'm actually in the middle of refreshing my mail server (using the
> > ISPmail instructions as a baseline), so i feel your pain.
> >
> > My suspicion is it is hard because when someone says "e-mail server"
> > they don't mean just 1 server, but a variety of servers, all running
> > together. You need a server to accept messages (SMTP, Submission). You
> > need another server to provide messages to users (POP, IMAP). If you do
> > content filtering, you need something to do that. If you offer web mail,
> > you need something for that (HTTP, HTTPS). They are all different
> > software that do different things. Not to mention some people like to
> > mix their calendar up with their e-mail; if you do that, then you need
> > another server to handle calendars. Or if you do password changes on the
> > mail server, then you need some server to enable those.
> >
> > There are some integrated solutions like Zimbra, but they just bundle up
> > all those components and make it a lot easier to administer.
> >
> > __
> > Daniel A. Ramaley
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