[clue] Self hosting email in 2015

[Shawn Perry]

Thanks for the backup script. I'm doing a zimbra install soon. :) I may
tweak it for zfs (I love zfs)
On Sep 30, 2015 4:24 PM, "Quentin Hartman" <qhartman at gmail.com> wrote:

> I used Zimbra years ago and it was quite nice. I liked that it was all
> standard stuff just glued together. Is their community offering still
> decent? I remember that it couldn't do hot backups when I was using it and
> ended up writing a script to approximate that (hey! It's still in their
> wiki! https://wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/Open_Source_Edition_Backup_Procedure)
> and they were making some questionable business choices regarding open
> source, but then I changed jobs and haven't looked at it since.
>
> QH
>
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 4:18 PM, David L. Willson <DLWillson at thegeek.nu>
> wrote:
>
>> I like Zimbra, but it has a lot of the things you don't care about, like
>> a web-interface.
>>
>> If I just wanted something basic... I guess I might go back to UW-IMAP
>> and SquirrelMail, but really, I haven't used anything but Zimbra in many
>> years.
>>
>> I'd be happy to add your friend's domain to my basement host for a short
>> time, as long as he's not spamming, and realizes that ... well, it's  a
>> basement host, with all that that entails.
>>
>> --
>> David L. Willson
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>>
>> This is a good time for a r3VOLution.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> > How possible is this?  I've been trying to help a friend who needs to
>> > replace the Mac server he set up in 2003 or so. (And is well
>> > unsupported now, with no upgrade path).
>> >
>> > Despite using multiple guides on the net, getting the software
>> > installed is a pain, the config files always seam to be somewhere
>> > else, and even after finally getting it setup, the server can only
>> > email to itself.
>> > Our most recent attempt was with iRedMail.
>> >
>> > So the time has come to asking you enthusiasts on which expert to pay
>> > to get us setup and once again have a generally ignorable system
>> > that just works.
>> >
>> > He's willing to try hosted email, as a temporary solution, pricing
>> > would be per domain not per user.  Actual volume of email I don't
>> > know at this time.  Local is required, the Denver-Boulder area.
>> >
>> > He needs to be able to add (or I assume remove) users/email addresses
>> > at will, with some type of GUI interface (web okay).
>> > He wants to add an additional domain or two.
>> > SSH access so that backup is an easy "ZFS send" command.  Which is a
>> > preference for FreeBSD over other options.  Although being set as a
>> > cron on the send side is preferred over a cron pull from the backup
>> > location.
>> > Webmail is unnecessary. IMAP is required.
>> > Having the mail server within its own VM making moving it in the
>> > future easier, is a plus.
>> >
>> > We already have a location with port 25 unblocked, that had been
>> > working fine for years until email providers started up-ing their
>> > security near the beginning of the year (and now quota limit
>> > warnings from a nearly-full drive).  He has control over the DNS
>> > records and can move the MX as needed.
>> >
>> > All the above, and I feel I'm missing something obvious.
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