Please help with mail server choice and setup

Question

Hello dear arch users, for begining i`ll start with litle intro what i know, and what i dont understand, so it would be easyer to help solve my problem, thanks for reading this.
I've been using arch for some time (few months) but i still dont know very much about it..
I have successfully installed lighttpd+php (fcgi)+mysql+phpmyadmin, ssh and mc allso of cource, serveral times, so i know how to solve little problems
I need everything lightweight because my arch's box is not so fresh as i could want
p2 350mhz CPU
192mb of RAM
8Gb HDD
10Mbit internet connection
whole project is for personal use only, and it will not even reach 10 user limit (me and some friends are using this..)
Now i`m willing to install mail server with some webmail ( i dont like outlook express thunderbird and other clients, only web acces)
I have googled for tutorials for 2 days now, just looking for best thing for newbie like me, with little knowlage of linux.
SquirrelMail or RoundCube wich one is bether ? I like RoundCube because it has nicer web design, but is it bether that SquirrelMail ?
Postfix and Dovecot are they enough good, or is there anything bether ?
Spamassasin and Graylistening will this work, or i`ll need something stronger?
Did i miss anything ?
I just want to say thanks for reading this, and helping me out. Thanks!
ps will this be good enough tutorial to follow ? http://www.hypexr.org/linux_mail_server.php
Karlis.
Last edited by karlis (2010-01-10 13:49:14)

Answer 1

Hi, thanks for response
SSL certificate is generated ... ok so it wont be so hard to help here are my configs
main.cf
# Paths
queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix
command_directory = /usr/sbin
daemon_directory = /usr/lib/postfix
mail_owner = postfix
# Domain settings
myhostname = <mydomain>
myorigin = <mydomain>
mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost
# SMTP settings
smtpd_tls_cert_file=/etc/ssl/certs/mail.crt
smtpd_tls_key_file=/etc/ssl/private/mail.key
smtpd_use_tls=yes
smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:/var/lib/postfix/smtpd_scache
smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:/var/lib/postfix/smtp_scache
smtpd_tls_loglevel = 1
smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes
smtp_sasl_auth_enable = yes
smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated,
permit_mynetworks,
reject_unauth_destination,
check_policy_service inet:127.0.0.1:10030
smtpd_sender_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated, permit_mynetworks
smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous
# SASL
smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot
smtpd_sasl_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-client
# Email and mailbox settings
alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/aliases
alias_database = $alias_maps
home_mailbox = Maildir/
virtual_alias_domains = <mydomain>
virtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual
mailbox_size_limit = 0
dovecot.conf
protocols = imap imaps
disable_plaintext_auth = yes
log_timestamp = "%b %d %H:%M:%S "
ssl = yes
ssl_cert_file = /etc/ssl/certs/mail.crt
ssl_key_file = /etc/ssl/private/mail.key
mail_access_groups = mail
mechanisms = plain login
socket listen {
client {
path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-client
mode = 0660
user = postfix
group = postfix
here are some of my config uncommented part, if its nececery i can zip and upload bouth configs to be 100% clear wheres the problem..
Karlis
Last edited by karlis (2010-01-13 18:02:23)