Ubuntu as Mail server

[Norbert Lieckfeldt]

Hello

I am thinking of setting up Ubuntu as a mailserver on a small peer to
peer network (eight PCs). The current server (running Win XP Pro) also
serves as the internet gateway for the network and has two network cards.

Some users access mail through IMAP, others use pop. Also, I need a
webmail facility as some users sometimes need to access their mails off
site.

Are there any simple guides in how to tie in an Ubuntu machine into a
peer to peer network, to set up imap and pop servers as well as a
webmail service?

Thanks

Norbert

[Troy Piggins]

* Norbert Lieckfeldt wrote:

>
> I am thinking of setting up Ubuntu as a mailserver on a small peer to
> peer network (eight PCs). The current server (running Win XP Pro) also
> serves as the internet gateway for the network and has two network cards.

So are you going to replace the current WinXP maching with the Ubuntu
one, or is the Ubuntu server going to be behind the gateway?

> Some users access mail through IMAP, others use pop. Also, I need a
> webmail facility as some users sometimes need to access their mails off
> site.

Are the users accessing from inside your LAN only, or outside as well
(using POP/IMAP)?

> Are there any simple guides in how to tie in an Ubuntu machine into a
> peer to peer network, to set up imap and pop servers as well as a
> webmail service?

I have something like this - I use postfix mail server, dovecot IMAP
server, squirrelmail webmail server.

Suggest you get postfix working first, then install dovecot, then
squirrelmail. There are any number of howtos on this, even on the
ubuntu website/forums. Have a scrounge around there.

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`-o slrn 0.9.8.1/rt (score_color patch), vim 7.0d (beta)

[Sebastian Georgi]

Norbert Lieckfeldt schrieb:

> Hello
>
> I am thinking of setting up Ubuntu as a mailserver on a small peer to
> peer network (eight PCs). The current server (running Win XP Pro) also
> serves as the internet gateway for the network and has two network cards.
>
> Some users access mail through IMAP, others use pop. Also, I need a
> webmail facility as some users sometimes need to access their mails off
> site.
>
> Are there any simple guides in how to tie in an Ubuntu machine into a
> peer to peer network, to set up imap and pop servers as well as a
> webmail service?
>
> Thanks
>
> Norbert

Look at [url]http://www.postfix.org/docs.html[/url]. There are plenty of howtos on
that topic. Basically you'll need something like configured postfix,
cyrus-imapd and squirrelmail (have done that once).

Regards,
Seb

[Norbert Lieckfeldt]

Troy Piggins <usenet-0604@piggo.com> wrote in
news:20060411173824@usenet.piggo.com:

> * Norbert Lieckfeldt wrote:

>>
>> I am thinking of setting up Ubuntu as a mailserver on a small peer to
>> peer network (eight PCs). The current server (running Win XP Pro)
>> also serves as the internet gateway for the network and has two
>> network cards.

>
> So are you going to replace the current WinXP maching with the Ubuntu
> one, or is the Ubuntu server going to be behind the gateway?

I thought I'd install Ubuntu on the WinXP machine as a dual-boot for the
moment.

>

>> Some users access mail through IMAP, others use pop. Also, I need a
>> webmail facility as some users sometimes need to access their mails
>> off site.

>
> Are the users accessing from inside your LAN only, or outside as well
> (using POP/IMAP)?

No, only LAN users would use the IMAP/POP facility, others would use
webmail access. At least that's what happened in the past.

>

>> Are there any simple guides in how to tie in an Ubuntu machine into a
>> peer to peer network, to set up imap and pop servers as well as a
>> webmail service?

>
> I have something like this - I use postfix mail server, dovecot IMAP
> server, squirrelmail webmail server.
>
> Suggest you get postfix working first, then install dovecot, then
> squirrelmail. There are any number of howtos on this, even on the
> ubuntu website/forums. Have a scrounge around there.
>

Thanks

Norbert

[YvesDM]

Norbert Lieckfeldt wrote:

> Are there any simple guides in how to tie in an Ubuntu machine into a
> peer to peer network, to set up imap and pop servers as well as a
> webmail service?
>
> Thanks
>
> Norbert

You can make your life real easy if you take a look at clarkconnect ;-)
[url]http://www.clarkconnect.com/[/url]
It includes everything you need and much more.

Yves
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