Re: Webmail Recommendations

From: Rommell Barcela (rpb_at_infocom.ph)
Date: 07/09/05

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To: "M. Goodell" <freebsdutah@yahoo.com>

    Hi,

    M. Goodell wrote:
    > I know this question has been asked several times in various posts,
    > however I want to ask it again with requirements specific to our
    > needs. I work for a small firm and we are gearing up to host a few
    > websites and would like to provide webmail for them.
    >
    > There is a huge selection of webmail options to choose from out there
    > and I have tried a couple of them only to experience a large degree
    > of frustration trying to put all of the pieces together and have them
    > work properly.

    Since this is what I am currently using, for almost 3yrs now without any
    problems, I guess I'll have to suggest a postfix+amavisd-new
    +spamassassin+clamav+spamd for AV/AS gateway and squirrelmail+vpopmail
    +qmail+qmailadmin+vqadmin+courier-imap for mail storage.

    > This is what we would like:
    >
    > 1 - Virtual mail accounts so we can have several email accounts
    > without requiring a system user account.

    vpopmail does this. It also supports a per domain disk and user quota,
    via CLI or vqadmin.

    > 2 - Clear / complete documentation - is this asking too much in the
    > open source world? It would be nice to have some good well written
    > documentation and reference material opposed to having to Google a
    > solution to a problem most of the time.

    Everything listed above seems to have a detailed documentation.

    > 3 - Scalability - We want to have something that will grow with us
    > and not have performance suffer as a result of growth.

    You can setup your applications on separate boxes.

    incoming mail
         |
    multiple Postfix+SA+Clamav servers
         |
    separate boxes for Apache, your chosen DB, etc. you can also plug in
    perdition

    > 4 - Ease of maintenance - would like to be able to add / edit /
    > delete / maintain user accounts and the system quickly and easily.

    vqadmin manages/creates domains and users, great for your company email
    administrator. qmailadmin lets the client manage his own domain -
    add/delete/etc. users.

    > 5 - Installation / configuration - Are there some applications versus
    > others where the installation and configuration is better / intuitive
    > and user / admin friendly.

    This is why I just used a vanilla qmail, and let postfix do all the
    filtering.

    Everything is on FreeBSD ports. I've been portupgrade-ing my setup for a
    while now. Never had problems. But be sure to read changelogs before
    doing so.

    > I am listening . . .
    >
    > Thank you for your time.
    >
    > - Michael

    Cheers.
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