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Qmail OpenLdap On Ubuntu

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:17:47 +0200

Qmail OpenLdap On Ubuntu

This guide will help you easily set up a email server On Ubuntu using Qmail as MTA, OpenLDAP as a back-end for users, and Courier IMAP for IMAP server.

Installing A Web, Email And MySQL Database Cluster (Mirror) On Debian 5.0 With ISPConfig 3

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 17:21:09 +0200

Installing A Web, Email And MySQL Database Cluster (Mirror) On Debian 5.0 With ISPConfig 3

This tutorial describes the installation of a clustered Web, Email, Database and DNS server to be used for redundancy, high availability and load balancing on Debian 5 with the ISPConfig 3 control panel. GlusterFS will be used to mirror the data between the servers and ISPConfig for mirroring the configuration files. I will use a setup of two servers here for demonstration purposes but the setup can scale to a higher number of servers with only minor modifications in the GlusterFS configuration files.

iRedOS-0.6.0: Open Source Mail Server With Postfix, Dovecot, Amavisd, ClamAV, SpamAssassin, RoundCube

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:36:49 +0200

iRedOS-0.6.0: Open Source Mail Server With Postfix, Dovecot, Amavisd, ClamAV, SpamAssassin, RoundCube

iRedMail is a shell script that lets you quickly deploy a Open Source Mail Server solution in less than 2 minutes. iRedOS is a customized CentOS 5.5 distribution, where e unnecessary packages were removed. It ships with the lastest version of iRedMail (iredmail0.6.0); it lets you install iredmail more quickly and smooth.

Installing Maia Mailguard On Debian Lenny (Virtual Users/Domains With Postfix/MySQL)

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:19:29 +0200

Installing Maia Mailguard On Debian Lenny (Virtual Users/Domains With Postfix/MySQL)

This guide explains how to install Maia Mailguard, a spam and virus management system, on a Debian Lenny mailserver. Maia Mailguard is a web-based interface and management system based on the popular amavisd-new email scanner and SpamAssassin. Written in Perl and PHP, Maia Mailguard gives end-users control over how their mail is processed by virus scanners and spam filters, while giving mail administrators the power to configure site-wide defaults and limits.

Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier, MySQL And SquirrelMail (Fedora 13 x86_64)

Sun, 27 Jun 2010 18:55:59 +0200

Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier, MySQL And SquirrelMail (Fedora 13 x86_64)

This document describes how to install a mail server based on Postfix that is based on virtual users and domains, i.e. users and domains that are in a MySQL database. I'll also demonstrate the installation and configuration of Courier (Courier-POP3, Courier-IMAP), so that Courier can authenticate against the same MySQL database Postfix uses.

Postfix Monitoring With Mailgraph And pflogsumm On Debian Lenny

Sun, 13 Jun 2010 17:25:20 +0200

Postfix Monitoring With Mailgraph And pflogsumm On Debian Lenny

This article describes how you can monitor your Postfix mailserver with the tools Mailgraph and pflogsumm. Mailgraph creates daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly graphs of sent, received, bounced, and rejected emails and also of spam and viruses, if SpamAssassin and ClamAV are integrated into Postfix (e.g. using amavisd-new). These graphs can be accessed with a browser, whereas pflogsumm ("Postfix Log Entry Summarizer") can be used to send reports of Postfix activity per email.

Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier, MySQL And SquirrelMail (Ubuntu 10.04)

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:26:51 +0200

Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier, MySQL And SquirrelMail (Ubuntu 10.04)

Fight Image Spam With FuzzyOCR And SpamAssassin On Fedora 12

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:10:37 +0200

Fight Image Spam With FuzzyOCR And SpamAssassin On Fedora 12

This tutorial describes how to scan emails for image spam with FuzzyOCR on a Fedora 12 server. FuzzyOCR is a plugin for SpamAssassin which is aimed at unsolicited bulk mail containing images as the main content carrier. Using different methods, it analyzes the content and properties of images to distinguish between normal mails (ham) and spam mails. FuzzyOCR tries to keep the system load low by scanning only mails that have not already been categorized as spam by SpamAssassin, thus avoiding unnecessary work.

Fight Image Spam With FuzzyOCR And SpamAssassin On Debian Lenny

Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:36:24 +0200

Fight Image Spam With FuzzyOCR And SpamAssassin On Debian Lenny

This tutorial describes how to scan emails for image spam with FuzzyOCR on a Debian Lenny server. FuzzyOCR is a plugin for SpamAssassin which is aimed at unsolicited bulk mail containing images as the main content carrier. Using different methods, it analyzes the content and properties of images to distinguish between normal mails (ham) and spam mails. FuzzyOCR tries to keep the system load low by scanning only mails that have not already been categorized as spam by SpamAssassin, thus avoiding unnecessary work.

Fight Image Spam With FuzzyOCR And SpamAssassin On Ubuntu 9.10

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:54:55 +0200

Fight Image Spam With FuzzyOCR And SpamAssassin On Ubuntu 9.10

This tutorial describes how to scan emails for image spam with FuzzyOCR on an Ubuntu 9.10 server. FuzzyOCR is a plugin for SpamAssassin which is aimed at unsolicited bulk mail containing images as the main content carrier. Using different methods, it analyzes the content and properties of images to distinguish between normal mails (ham) and spam mails. FuzzyOCR tries to keep the system load low by scanning only mails that have not already been categorized as spam by SpamAssassin, thus avoiding unnecessary work.

The Perfect SpamSnake - Ubuntu Jeos 9.10

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:14:24 +0200

The Perfect SpamSnake - Ubuntu Jeos 9.10

This tutorial shows how to set up an Ubuntu Jeos based server as a spamfilter in Gateway mode. In the end, you will have a SpamSnake Gateway which will relay clean emails to your MTA. You will also be able to view your incoming queue, train your SpamSnake and carry out a few more advanced operations via MailWatch.

Learning Spam With SpamAssassin And All Of Your ISPConfig Clients [ISPConfig 3]

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 12:22:04 +0100

Learning Spam With SpamAssassin And All Of Your ISPConfig Clients [ISPConfig 3]

This is a quick way of learning spam from all of your ISPConfig clients by running a quick and simple command. Please note that this is for ISPConfig 3, not 2.

Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier, MySQL And SquirrelMail (Mandriva 2010.0 x86_64)

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:12:16 +0100

Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier, MySQL And SquirrelMail (Mandriva 2010.0 x86_64)

This document describes how to install a Postfix mail server that is based on virtual users and domains, i.e. users and domains that are in a MySQL database. I'll also demonstrate the installation and configuration of Courier (Courier-POP3, Courier-IMAP), so that Courier can authenticate against the same MySQL database Postfix uses. The resulting Postfix server is capable of SMTP-AUTH and TLS and quota. Passwords are stored in encrypted form in the database. In addition to that, this tutorial covers the installation of Amavisd, SpamAssassin and ClamAV so that emails will be scanned for spam and viruses. I will also show how to install SquirrelMail as a webmail interface so that users can read and send emails and change their passwords.

Changing From SquirrelMail To RoundCube On Your ISPConfig3 Server

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:58:04 +0100

Changing From SquirrelMail To RoundCube On Your ISPConfig3 Server

This tutorial has been created for those who have installed The Perfect Server - CentOS 5.4 x86_64 [ISPConfig 3] and do not like SquirrelMail as webmail client. Here’s a guide to replace SquirrelMail with RoundCube, which is more visually attractive and easier to manage for our clients.

iRedMail 0.6: Full-Featured Mail Server With OpenLDAP/Postfix/Dovecot/Amavisd/ClamAV/SpamAssassin/iRedAdmin On FreeBSD

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:56:02 +0100

iRedMail 0.6: Full-Featured Mail Server With OpenLDAP/Postfix/Dovecot/Amavisd/ClamAV/SpamAssassin/RoundCube/iRedAdmin On FreeBSD

iRedMail is a shell script that lets you quickly deploy a full-featured mail solution in less than 2 minutes. Since version 0.6, it supports FreeBSD 7.2 and 8.0 (it supports both i386 and x86_64). Its object is to make a Linux mail server installation and configuration simple and easy to use. iRedMail supports both OpenLDAP and MySQL as backends for storing virtual domains and users. This tutorial shows how to use the OpenLDAP backend; it uses FreeBSD 7.2, but the steps for 8.0 are the same.