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	Stephan

On Wed, 2004-09-22 at 22:28, Nathan J. Underwood wrote:
> I'm in the process of replacing an NT4 / Exchange network with a *nix 
> (Linux, Samba, <mail server>) backend, and I'm to the mail stuff now. 
> It's going to be a Fedora setup, and I would really prefer to stick with 
> RPM packages rather than source so that updates can be handled (as much 
> as possible) via apt or yum.  I've used sendmail and qmail in the past, 
> and would prefer to use qmail (don't get me started on sendmail), but 
> I've not been able to find a qmail rpm.  Postfix looks like the next 
> best thing, so I've been tinkering with it (2 config files so far, I 
> love that) as an MTA.  Since they'll be moving from an Exchange world, 
> and they're used to never having to delete anything (again, don't get me 
> started) and being able to get access to the same 'picture' of their 
> mail from multiple locations (office, home, webmail), I believe IMAP 
> would be a better option than POP3.  They will have 3 servers when it's 
> all said and done, one will be the primary file server and acting PDC 
> (Samba 3 + LDAP), the other two will function as primary / secondary DNS 
> and DHCP servers, and the secondary will also function as a BDC 
> (slurpd).  In looking at available IMAP servers, it looks like 
> Washington and Cyrus are the two main players.  The big advantage of 
> Cyrus over Washington appears to be that there isn't a need for a local 
> account, which isn't really a big deal since all mail users will have 
> local accounts.  Any thoughts?  Should I consider Washington, or drive 
> on with Cyrus?  Any other input / suggestions would also be appreciated. 
>  I'm looking at using a SpamAssassin / ClamAV combo for av and anti-spam.
> 
> tia
> nathan
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