[COLUG] Mail server advice

[Robert Foreman]

1. Don't fear it. If you're worried then it may be worth the experience.

2. If you're lazy like me take the Google option. There are enough
things to keep you busy if you have little or no interest in mail
services.

3. The RHCE covers a lot of ground so it's impossible for it to
require too much of any one area. If you know how to configure either
Sendmail or Postfix you should be ok.

On Jan 22, 2008 11:38 PM, Tom Hanlon <tom at functionalmedia.com> wrote:
> Hi Colug,
>
> I host websites for a few folks but I have avoided handling of email.
>
> I am tempted to mess with email but I feel it might be a pain.
>
> Spam , IMAP, SSL, POP and then security security security.
>
> I really would be managing very little, it would be my own mail
> basically.
>
> Instead of configuring it myself, I might just have , earthlink or
> Google, or register.com,  handle it. ?
>
> Pros and Cons:
>
> They get a lot more spam so there filters should have a handle on it.
> Spam to their servers does not equal bandwidth on mine.
>
> Cons:
> I would like to get my RHCE cert this year and I assume passing
> knowledge of sendmail , postfix, Cyrus, Courrier, Dovecot and the
> like are involved.
> Mail config does not seem to be alot of fun.
> I currently have only one machine, I really should have a backup once
> I start handling mail.
>
> So is email server config worth my effort? The exercise would be
> largely educational.
>
> Other services that I have configured have been largely trouble free.
> Would my email be trouble free, or are there regular exploits?
>
> --
> Tom
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