[Admin] Re: [Administrators] Update on new calypso box (new mail server)

[Peter Larsen]

David A. Cafaro wrote:
> Work on it pretty much came to a stand still as people just didn't have 
> time to work on it.  I got the initial install going, Greg did some work 
> on mailman, but that's about it.  I'm now dealing with full time job, 
> grad-school, and a sick 6 month old.
> 
> I've been real slack on the leadership of this project, that's my fault.
> 
> We need someone (or several) who is experienced or at least confident 
> they can figure out how to do the following with email:
> 
> Setup Postfix with Virtual Domains to host multiple email domains, and 
> make sure it works with mailman
> Setup dovecot or courier imap/pop3 with SSL encryption, no unencrypted 
> email connections for email access
> Setup https access to SquirelMail for webmail access (squirelmail will 
> basically use local imap connection)

I'm trying to get a prototype of this running. But I have few questions:

What domains should be part of the setup?  tux.org is a given, but which 
other "multi domains" do we need?

If user "peter" is an account both on the tux.org and "another.org" 
domains, it would be two different imap/pop logins?

Does the multiple domain and user setup also have to cover shell/login 
access? In other words, would an ldap central repository make sense?

> 
> I forgot I actually have some nice how-to's on this bookmarked at home, 
> I can send them later.  Uses mysql to handle account management (which I 
> do on my production server).

That's one option - but makes a central dependency that would worry me. 
LDAP is at least easy to replicate across nodes. But I would like to see 
your links if you don't mind?

Regards
   Peter Larsen

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