CentOS - Aug 2006 - web based mail packages for CentOS

Hello Everyone,

I was using OpenGroupware but just hosed my system. Since I'm starting 
from scratch I would like to know what everyone's using for web based 
mail. I currently implemented cyrus-imapd and postfix which I used 
before. I was going to give dovecot a try but it wouldn't start even 
though it was supposed to be easier.

I would like to move my postfix to a chroot but have never done a chroot 
so I would appreciate any examples. Also how to get spamassassin working 
or any alternatives.

I have the mail server up and can access email with a client so I guess 
it's up.

Thanks,

James

BTW - I'm running the latest CentOS distro

On Sat, 2006-08-19 at 12:19, James Marcinek wrote:
> I was using OpenGroupware but just hosed my system. Since I'm starting 
> from scratch I would like to know what everyone's using for web based 
> mail. I currently implemented cyrus-imapd and postfix which I used 
> before. I was going to give dovecot a try but it wouldn't start even 
> though it was supposed to be easier.
> 
> I would like to move my postfix to a chroot but have never done a chroot 
> so I would appreciate any examples. Also how to get spamassassin working 
> or any alternatives.
> 
> I have the mail server up and can access email with a client so I guess 
> it's up.
If you want an appliance-like system, look at SME Server at
http://www.contribs.org.  It is based on Centos but all
administration is done through a simple web interface and
it includes a highly customized mail service that includes
web access. 

-- 
  Les Mikesell
   lesmikesell at gmail.com

You may also be interested in:

http://www.qmailtoaster.com

There are setup scripts and guides for CentOS. I've been running
"toasters"
for years now, very good package.

cya, TR

On Saturday 19 August 2006 1:19 pm, James Marcinek
wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
> I was using OpenGroupware but just hosed my system. Since I'm starting
> from scratch I would like to know what everyone's using for web based
> mail. I currently implemented cyrus-imapd and postfix which I used
> before. I was going to give dovecot a try but it wouldn't start even
> though it was supposed to be easier.
>
> I would like to move my postfix to a chroot but have never done a chroot
> so I would appreciate any examples. Also how to get spamassassin working
> or any alternatives.
>
> I have the mail server up and can access email with a client so I guess
> it's up.
>
> Thanks,
>
> James
>
> BTW - I'm running the latest CentOS distro
>
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James Marcinek wrote:
> I have the mail server up and can access email with a client so I guess 
> it's up.
you have 2 'easy' options here, 1 is to go with squirrel mail - which is
included in the distro, just yum install it - its mostly setup to work 
out of the box, if you imap server is local to the machine

the second option, is to use the Horde+imp application hosted in 
CentOS-Extras, also available as a simple yum install. ( more info about 
the app at http://www.horde.org/ )

w.r.t your spamassassin querry, you can setup postfix to use 
spamassassin as an interim step to mail delivery, ( there are a few 
examples on the spamassassin website. if you have problems with that - 
let us know and someone will post a short howto ).

-- 
Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : 2522219 at icq

On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 13:19:45 -0400
James Marcinek <jmarc1 at jemconsult.biz> wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
> 
> I was using OpenGroupware but just hosed my system. Since I'm
> starting from scratch I would like to know what everyone's
> using for web based mail.
Take a look at:
http://www.zimbra.org
Postfix based, includes clamav, spamassassin and a great user
interface. Runs on Centos. The have a free version: the open
source.


-- 
Thanks
http://www.911networks.com
When the network has to work

James Marcinek wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
> I was using OpenGroupware but just hosed my system. Since I'm starting 
> from scratch I would like to know what everyone's using for web based 
> mail. I currently implemented cyrus-imapd and postfix which I used 
> before. I was going to give dovecot a try but it wouldn't start even 
> though it was supposed to be easier.
>
> I would like to move my postfix to a chroot but have never done a 
> chroot so I would appreciate any examples. Also how to get 
> spamassassin working or any alternatives.
>
> I have the mail server up and can access email with a client so I 
> guess it's up. 
I am using Scalix community edition.

On Saturday 19 August 2006 13:19, James Marcinek wrote:
> I was using OpenGroupware but just hosed my system. Since I'm starting
> from scratch I would like to know what everyone's using for web based
> mail.
Scalix Community Edition here.  Works very very well.
-- 
Lamar Owen
Director of Information Technology
Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute
1 PARI Drive
Rosman, NC  28772
(828)862-5554
www.pari.edu

On Monday 21 August 2006 15:58, James Marcinek wrote:
> I am actually taking a look at it.
> Was it easy to install? I currently have postfix and cyrus-imapd running
>   but could make changes.
It will replace yrus-imapd with its own IMAP4 server.  Installation was avery 
simple; but, you have to trick the installer into thinking you have a Red Hat 
Enterprise Linux installation (by editing /etc/redhat-release).
> I just changed from a linux Samba DC to an Active Directory one to
> change things up a bit. Does this Zimbra integrate with AD (or
> vice-a-versa)?
Scalix can integrate with AD.  Don't know about Zimbra.
> I have a lot of material to cover but these could help me out with a
> decision. It looks good so far.
The Scalix community forums are a good place to start learning about Scalix, 
at www.scalix.com.
-- 
Lamar Owen
Director of Information Technology
Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute
1 PARI Drive
Rosman, NC  28772
(828)862-5554
www.pari.edu

James Marcinek wrote:
> Easy for you to say! I was up late last night trying to figure out why 
> no mail was coming in? I think it has to do with the kerberos 
> integration with AD (which is what provides the single sign on).
>
> I followed the directions and even saw users but for the life of me I 
> could not logon to webmail?
>
> Using the sxadmin I noticed that no mail was active at all in the 
> queue? Do you have any idea to what could be the cause?
>
> All of the mail coming in was being flat out rejected. Was there some 
> additional steps that had to be done on 'sendmail' I had not 
> configured the sendmail.mc which I would have typically done to get a 
> mail server running with sendmail.
First have you read the TP Authentication and Anti-spam Protection 
section of the admin guide (pg 211) and looked at ~scalix/sys/smtpd.cfg?

Start there.
> hate sendmail (though I have a big hefty sendmail book) and moved to 
> postfix for the ease of admin...
>
> Perhaps I do not understand what is going on with the imap service and 
> mta. I noticed that there is a modififed sendmail.cf that contains 
> information of scalix. This makes me think that scalix 'should'
(key
> word) be setting up what it needs to. By default sendmail will only 
> accept mail from localhost. Does scalix take care of this or is it one 
> more thing that I have to do? The docs and knowledge base do not 
> really talk about it, which makes me believe that this thing should be 
> working out of the box.
>
> I would like to give another shot (this time try it without the AD 
> intergration) to see how it works.
>
> Thanks,
>
> James
>
>
> centos at 911networks.com wrote:
>> On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 15:58:15 -0400
>> James Marcinek <jmarc1 at jemconsult.biz> wrote:
>>
>>> Was it easy to install? I currently have postfix and
>>> cyrus-imapd running but could make changes.
>>
>> Extremely easy if you have the right RPM andright OS, just RH
>> [CentOS] or SUSE. Disable your existing postfix..., they provide
>> everything.
>>
>>> I just changed from a linux Samba DC to an Active Directory
>>> one to change things up a bit. Does this Zimbra integrate with
>>> AD (or vice-a-versa)?
>>
>> No experience, my customers do not have ADs, but Zimbra claims easy 
>> integration. Take a look @
>> http://www.zimbra.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1614
>> and
>> http://www.google.ca/search?q=zimbra+active+directories
>>
>
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On Monday 21 August 2006 16:17, James Marcinek wrote:
> could you tell me what you put in the redhat-release file to make sure I
> don't mess it up?
Sorry for the delay:
$cat /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 4 (Nahant)
$
-- 
Lamar Owen
Director of Information Technology
Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute
1 PARI Drive
Rosman, NC  28772
(828)862-5554
www.pari.edu