Re: mail server setup doc's

["Robin S. Socha" <robin@socha.net>]

* Mailinglists  <lists@lederhosen.org> writes:
> On Fri, Sep 01, 2000 at 08:30:57PM -0700, Wokness wrote:

>> I want to set up a mail server on my OpenBSD box and am wondering where
>> to go for good documentation. 
[...]
>> Keep in mind that this is a small mail server for one person so I do
>> not need anything as massive as sendmail.  I am basically looking
>> for documentation on setting up a mail server starting from the
>> basic and guiding me to the end, like going from install -> creating
>> and managing accounts.

I would recommend using qmail and reading up on it with Dave Sill's
excellent <http://web.infoave.net/~dsill/lwq.html>. This is the best
and most consistent piece of free info I've yet seen for setting up a
mailserver.

> [sendmail] in conjunction with courier-imapd is IMHO a very nice
> mail-solution.

I would also recommend using Courier, but together with qmail. Installing
the following packages will give you a nice start (including migration
from sendmail if you feel you must use .forward and /etc/aliases/):

daemontools-0.70   collection of tools for managing UNIX services
dot-forward-0.71   sendmail-style .forward support for qmail
fastforward-0.51   qmail forwarding, including sendmail-style /etc/aliases
qmail-1.03         secure, reliable, efficient, simple MTA
qmailanalog-0.70   tools to analyze qmail-send's activity record
serialmail-0.75    tools for passing mail across serial links
ucspi-tcp-0.88     tools for building TCP client-server applications

I've added ezmlm-idx, sqwebmail and qmailadmin (with globaladmin) and
some other tools, leaving me with a mail(ling list) system that even our
secretary can manage (and TLS for external access via a hotmail-style
mail interface). This combination is the most consistent I've seen with
mailservers so far (can anyone say sendmail/majordomo/majorcool and not
turn green?).

> Just my 2 öre.
Add my DM .02 ;-)
-- 
Robin S. Socha <http://socha.net/>