[OFB Cafe] linux mail server recommendations wanted

Patrick Shanahan patrick.shanahan at gmail.com
Mon Dec 22 17:43:46 CST 2008


* Rick <rwbowers at gmail.com> [12-22-08 18:12]:
> I have an old mail/web/ftp server based on SME Server and I want to build a
> new server.
> 
> My current setup uses, I think, qmail. The directory structure looks like
> this:
> drwx------    5 rwb      rwb          4096 Dec 21 04:24 .
> drwxr-xr-x   38 root     root         4096 Oct  9 16:15 ..
> drwxr-x---    2 rwb      rwb          4096 Aug  9  2005 home
> drwx------    2 rwb      rwb          4096 Jun  5  2008 Mail
> drwxr-x---    6 rwb      rwb          4096 Aug  9  2005 Maildir
> -rw-------    1 rwb      rwb           415 Dec 20 10:42 procmail.log.1
> -rw-------    1 rwb      rwb           374 Dec 12 16:11 procmail.log.2
> -rw-r--r--    1 rwb      rwb          1220 Oct  1 21:09 .procmailrc
> -rw-r-----    1 rwb      rwb           474 Oct 14  2005 .qmail
> lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     admin           6 Aug  9  2005 .qmail-default ->
> .qmail
> 
> I am thinking about using postfix, and setting things up as decribed here:
> http://flurdy.com/docs/postfix/#software
> 
> (except, maybe, not using Ubuntu) I will want something compatible with my
> current mail setup so I can copy all my old messages.
> 
> Comments and suggestions are greatly appreciated.


openSUSE, postfix, fetchmail and mutt  :^)

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