mail server

[brentlea]

I agree with RoadClosed. If you don't have a domain name already, go register with a hosting company that will host your e-mail. You'll usually get an easy to use web interface to administer the mail accounts. In your situation, I would only consider an internal mail server if there is concern over very sensitive material.

Save yourself a headache and keep it simple.

[ss2chef]

Originally posted here by kagawad
hi..!! i was just told to have an email server in our system. and i dont know what email program would i use for our server. can anyone help me or can suggest me what mail server will i use? am just using windows XP. sorry .

If you want a mail server running on your (XP) system you will not be able to use Exchange server from Microsoft.

www.ipswitch.com can sell you IMail for Windows which I have used in the past with great success.

The free version of Mail Enable for windows is great for small orgs just getting started with
email.
www.mailenable.com

[|gridley|]

I you are still considering I would like to add Kerio Mail server to your options
http://www.kerio.com/kms_home.html

Kerio MailServer is a super-fast secure multiple domain mail server working with all POP3 and IMAP desktop mail clients for Windows, Linux and Mac.

Kerio MailServer™ represents a new generation of mail servers designed for corporate networks. To help combat increasing security threats, Kerio MailServer™ offers a wide range of features to keep email from being intercepted, infected by computer viruses, or sent as spam.

It does have a price tag on it (http://www.kerio.com/kms_price.html).
It has a trial edition (test it before you buy it).
http://www.kerio.com/kms_download.html

Kerio MailServer runs on Windows 2000/XP/2003, server and desktop editions, Red Hat Linux, SUSE Linux and Mac OS X. Kerio Outlook Connector for Microsoft Outlook runs on Windows 2000/XP/2003

Cheerios
noodle

[Tiger Shark]

So far in this conversation, other than RoadClosed, everyone is missing some serious considerations in this person's problem....

Hosting your own mailserver isn't just a matter of throwing a mailserver on a server and saying "You've got Mail"....

There's a few other considerations other than "will it allow relaying"....

1. Do you have a registered domain.... This is really important....
2. Do you have a pair, (notice _two_), of DNS servers or people to host your DNS/MX records
3. Does your ISP give you a fixed or rotating IP Address, (this depends on your ISP too).

Without those three _basic_ things you will never get an email in your life.

Kagawad:

Without those basics you can take all the previous advice and throw it away.....

However, SS2chef recommended a nice little, free, mailserver that I use for my home mailserver... Mail Enable.... I like it, it's easy to set up, (well, I found it easy but I have a few other mail servers I have set up in the past). It will work nicely for your situation.... But you need the other prerequisites first or you will be wasting your time.....

[kagawad]

this was a reply for RoadClosed,

yes, you are right i dont know about mail technologies. but i do know about my network. but not that knowledgeable like you do. i wont start my mail server unless i get the appropriate security and correct configuration of a mail server. yes my router is doing a DHCP on the networks and some of the workstations here doesnt start without ip address assigned. short for a problem on my network - we have to assign ip addresses even though it is already on a DHCP for the computer to have network and internet connection.

[RoadClosed]

firewall?

I wasn't attacking ya, just trying to help - I have fixed wayyy too many Zombies and when your mail server goes **** up you won't look too good. Why not outsource it, the cost is minimal..... have a look:

Network Solutions

Net Solutions isn't my favorite company in the world, in fact they are down under a mossy rock... but they will register your domain and host the email site for you. You just connect. Then as you work out your network problems, verify the capabilities of your firewall and draw up a diagram to secure it, you can move the domain off to something cheaper. But hey considering the cost of a server and maning some security outpost, 30 buck a month is not bad at all, and you get 100 mailboxes, and all you have to do is point your email clients at mail.mydomain.com.

If you want to build an email server you will need all the things mentioned above.

[Tryska]

roadclosed has it right.


my main question is how did you get given this task kagawad? who gave the order, and why?

[baboon]

I would look at the http://www.BorderWare.com product line. They have product that will be a secure email firewall as well as a secure POP/IMAP server.