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Now all he needs are IMAP and POP3 implementations and we might finally have a mail stack that mere mortals are capable of setting up without screaming profanit
by tdavis 18y ago
Now all he needs are IMAP and POP3 implementations and we might finally have a mail stack that mere mortals are capable of setting up without screaming profanities.
- wmf 18y agoI found Dovecot pretty easy to install, but setting up spam filtering (especially SMTP-time) is a lot of work.
- tdavis 18y agoAny of the puzzle pieces individually aren't bad, it's putting them all together then adding additional pipes to stuff like (as you mention) SPAM filtering, etc. that make it such a huge pain in the ass. In an ideal world, there would be some package available where you simply specify the credentials for the machines you want to use for each piece (smtp, pop3, imap, secure pop3/imap interface, etc.) and it will setup everything for you. In an ideal world.
- SwellJoe 18y agoYou reckon 500 lines of Python, whipped up on a whim, provides everything you need in an MTA, other than IMAP and POP3? Really? Add five years of heavy development, and it'll probably be a suitable replacement for Postfix or qmail or Sendmail. Besides, what's hard about Postfix? It usually only requires two or three configuration file changes to get mail processing working.