Linux peeps advice neeeded

[jjiimmyyt 0]

Hi guys

I'm doing a job for a charity FOC and need to set them up with a mail server for about 7 users. Normally I do MS stuff and would stick in an Exchange box but their budget (zero) wont stretch to that and I'm thinking of sticking in a Linux box. I've messed around a bit with Red Hat, Mandrake and Ubunutu.

SO heres the question, does anyone have any reccomendations on easy to install/configure reliable package I could use, preferabbly something thats got a nice GUI on it?

I'd rather not spend too much time on it due to the FOC nature of the job.

Thanks in advance

James

And yes I have googled this but I'd thought I'd see what folkshere have to say.

"This isn't an iron lung, people. You can actually disconnect and not die." -Dave

[AlexCrowley 0]

Any of the above would do.

But Ubuntu's probably a solid choice and has less annoying shitty things to it than Redhat or the bloatfest that Mandrake became.

TV's got them images, TV's got them all, nothing's shocking.

[labrys 0]

If you're not familiar with Linux or sendmail you'll have a tough time helping them out when things break.

Do they already have a Windows Server? If so then MailEnable Standard is a nice, free, adware-free mail server that you might want to look at.

http://www.mailenable.com

Owned by Remi #?

[jjiimmyyt 0]

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Any of the above would do.

But Ubuntu's probably a solid choice and has less annoying shitty things to it than Redhat or the bloatfest that Mandrake became.

Thequestion was notreally about which distro I'd use (although I'm leaning to Ubuntu, the only time I'm using XP at home nowadays is ifI want to play games) rather is their an easy reliable application that includes sendmail etc in an easy to use way without fucking around with conf files too much. Apologies if I didn't make that perfectly cromulent in my original post.

"This isn't an iron lung, people. You can actually disconnect and not die." -Dave

[AlexCrowley 0]

no i didnt really read your post.

And no.

Dont fuck with linux if you dont have time to learn :)

Although I'm sure there are some happy little GUI things out there, but I dont ever use one.

What about a Mac server? BSD base, ease of use.

Or go with the Windows option. For 7 people it wont make much difference.

And fuck sendmail, use postfix.

TV's got them images, TV's got them all, nothing's shocking.

[jjiimmyyt 0]

Yup, Ubuntu kicks ass, using Automatix I got everything working properly, even got 3d working on my Nvidia card with TV-Out. Took me nearly 2 days when I first attempted it on my first linux install a few years back.

"This isn't an iron lung, people. You can actually disconnect and not die." -Dave

[jjiimmyyt 0]

I am interested in learning, its just that this needs to be up and running ASAP and my local linux dude (we used to work as minions togethier when we were sucking satans cock) is on honeymoon for the next couple weeks. When it breaks he can help me fix it.

"This isn't an iron lung, people. You can actually disconnect and not die." -Dave

[vdschoor 0]

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Any of the above would do.

But Ubuntu's probably a solid choice and has less annoying shitty things to it than Redhat or the bloatfest that Mandrake became.

Thequestion was notreally about which distro I'd use (although I'm leaning to Ubuntu, the only time I'm using XP at home nowadays is ifI want to play games) rather is their an easy reliable application that includes sendmail etc in an easy to use way without fucking around with conf files too much. Apologies if I didn't make that perfectly cromulent in my original post.

Seriously.. if you dont know EXACTLY what you are doing, stay away from Sendmail.. It is so easy to hack if poorly configured that it's not even funny anymore..

Take a look at qmail instead for a mail server on Linux.

Iwan

[jjiimmyyt 0]

Had a quick look at that seems quite good.One question though do i need local DNS or can I use the ISPs?

"This isn't an iron lung, people. You can actually disconnect and not die." -Dave

[vdschoor 0]

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Had a quick look at that seems quite good.One question though do i need local DNS or can I use the ISPs?

he he.. use the ISP's DNS services.. you'll be a lot happier..

[AlexCrowley 0]

Qmail can be a bear to set up, or I'd have suggested it.

Postfix, designed to be secure out of the box and with a relatively obvious configuration script makes a great deal of sense for anything but high performing mail servers (due to cost of DNS lookups).

TV's got them images, TV's got them all, nothing's shocking.

[AlexCrowley 0]

Yeah, use your ISPs.

TV's got them images, TV's got them all, nothing's shocking.

[jjiimmyyt 0]

Any of you guys used AXIGEN? looks like once the install is done you can use WebAdmin to configure it. Remember I am a mainly MS guy.

"This isn't an iron lung, people. You can actually disconnect and not die." -Dave

[AlexCrowley 0]

Nope, never heard of it.

Looks like they have a free version for Ubuntu here

I haven't used helper apps in about a decade, so other than knowing that Webmin is considered ok I can't really help you there.

In the end it is much faster to simply read the documentation (really, check out Postfix it's as easy as changing $myhostname to whatever your hostname is, and switching 1 or 2 more variables).

TV's got them images, TV's got them all, nothing's shocking.

[vdschoor 0]

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Qmail can be a bear to set up, or I'd have suggested it.

Postfix, designed to be secure out of the box and with a relatively obvious configuration script makes a great deal of sense for anything but high performing mail servers (due to cost of DNS lookups).

Postfix is a really good one too. but I've never worked with it, but I have worked with qmail a lot..