Repeat after me: “You don’t have to run Microsoft Exchange Server”.
Don’t get me wrong, MS Exchange is a great product IF YOU TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ITS ADVANCED FEATURES. However, it isn’t cheap to own or maintain and contains a lot of functionality that often isn’t used.
In fact, I believe that 70-80% of companies that are running MS Exchange could probably migrate to an internet standards based mail server running on Linux or FreeBSD without giving up much in the way of functionality that they actually use.
Not only would their email systems be far more stable and secure, but all the software is free! Not only is the software free, but its arguably the best email software on the planet.
I’ve recently setup corporate mail servers on both Ubuntu Linux and FreeBSD that incorporate Postfix, ClamAV (anti-virus), SpamAssassin (anti-spam), Dovecot (POP3 & IMAP), and Squirrelmail (webmail interface). These mail systems are secure, inexpensive, easy to administer, and can be used with MS Outlook, Mozilla Thunderbird, Evolution, and virtually any other mail client you can think of.
Give me a call if your company needs a new mail server!
Hey there
My name is Ashley and I am a fellow linux geek. I am currently building a mail server to handle my Request Tracker mails. It will be sending and using fetchmail to receive for certain accounts. I have been having a couple of issues figuring out the fetchmail thing?! Maybe you have a bit of time if I gave you a more detailed explanation?! If not, I understand. Thx from a fellow geek in arms!
Hi Ashley,
Check your mail. I’m not a Fetchmail guru, but it seems to me the biggest issue with fetchmail is ensuring that your MTA (Postfix?) and local delivery are setup correctly first. After that, there are some great Fetchmail howtos out there. I seem to recall this one being pretty handy:
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Email_System_for_the_Home_Network#Fetching_Email_External_Sources
C