[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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