[NTLUG:Discuss] updated advice needed...

[Mike LaPlante]

Richard Geoffrion wrote:
> Many dozen moons ago I asked for advice on what to setup to handle 
> multiple email domains so that each domain could have richard@ email 
> account  AND something that allowed the email administrator to easily 
> manage those domains and accounts along with allowing the users to 
> administer their personal email settings along with web mail access.
>
> The advice give was to... "Start at www.qmail.org, and finish with 
> www.inter7.com. You want the following packages:   qmail, ezmlm-idx, 
> autorespond, vpopmail, qmailadmin, and (probably) sqwebmail."
>
> For many moons that setup has worked, but alas, qmail -- need I say more?
>
> So, what is a more current solution for email for multiple domains?  I 
> am hoping to reproduce the ease of administration that qmailadmin 
> provided along with the virtual mailboxes (instead of system accounts.)
>
> Postfix and either courier or dovecot seem to be good candidates, and 
> squirrelmail is nice, but what about setting up and managing virtual 
> users?    I'm beginning the trek to a conversion starting tomorrow and 
> wanted to get a heads up on what others would recommend and caution against.
>
>   
Have you considered Zimbra? It may be a bit overkill for what you're 
looking for. While it can be a pain to setup administration duties such 
as adding domains and users is a breeze. Its got a pretty heavy (read 
slow) web interface that is packed full of features I don't really use. 
I use IMAP and Thunderbird for my own mail, but my other users seem to 
like the web app.

Mike