[NTLUG:Discuss] mailserver

[bobby@wrennest.com]

Since it has come up again, I will try this question again. In a Window$
environment I can get one package (SLMail) for a reasonable price and
have complete email service (list, groups, alias, forwards, etc.) in
under 30 minutes. I know the server has to be rebooted now and then but
the software works. I don't have to get a degree to install it. And the
interface is simple enough I can have a non-PC literate person adding
and deleting users in under 30 minutes.

I know "Real Geeks" want it to be hard enough that only the truly devout
can master "The System". But really folks I still am not sure what all
the pieces are. Much less how to configure them.

So, for the umpteenth time on the umpteenth list. What are the pieces
necessary to run an email service? I know I need a client (got plenty of
those). And I have derived from this and other threads that I need an
MTA and POP server. Is that all? How do they interact? Do they interact?

I have been running Linux as my desktop OS for over two years and I can
do most any thing I want except the one. Help, please?



Steve Baek wrote:
> 
> Hey Hey,
> 
> I just wanted to know what businesses/people are using
> for mail servers for linux/unix/solaris.  I love using
> apache for a web server.  Setting up a mail server
> other than pine/elm is what I'm looking at.  By
> chance, are there any graphical mail servers like the
> exchange/outlook combo?  Any feedback would be greatly
> appreciated.
> 
> Steve
> 
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