Re: [Exim] Exim pop3 - Where to start?

ello,

A few additions to Suresh's already well answered mail:

On Sat, Jun 30, 2001 at 10:09:36PM +0530, Suresh Ramasubramanian penned:
> Theodore Knab <exim-users> [30/06/01 12:08 -0400]:
>
> > I need guidance. I am new to Debian an Exim. More specifically, I need help
> > figuring out what packages would work best for my needs.
>
> > I would like to setup a pop3 server using Exim so that potential customers
> > and clients can securely pop and push mail on and off the server.
>
> Exim does SMTP / ESMTP, not pop3
>

Yes, get imap-wu or cyrus (Maildir) to do this. If you get imap-wu, you
can compile it with SSL.

> > - exim is running with inetd.conf configuration Exim version 3.12 #1 built 08-Jun-2001 14:21:07
>
> Take exim out of inetd - run as a daemon. A bit more stable that way.

True, I prefer to run the least of services from inetd, basically
because inetd is vunreable to some remote DoS's...

>
> > Project Needs:
> > 1. encrypted email from client to server
>
> PGP / GnuPG
>
OR pop3s using ipop3d. Please note that the only good MUA that can do
this are Outlook and Netscape Mail client, I have had problems with
Eudora with SSL...

> > 2. easy setup/ administration (If possible apt-get install X, but I can
> > also install from source.)
>
> you should get .debs of just about everything
>
Compiling aint that bad though, plus more configurable...

> > 3. multiple virtual domains (potentially 10-1000) with 1-5 email addresses per domain
>
> In which case, _dont_ run exim from inetd. Exim will do what you want quite
> easily - you might want to try building exim with mysql / pgsql / ldap.
> There are FreeBSD ports for it - I suppose you'll get .debs as well.
>
Yes, you can run a backend db/ldap server, or just create a simple
virtual domains file...*shrug*

BTW, yes FreeBSD has port for this, so does OpenBSD, but I am not sure
that deb would have support for exim+mysql+ldap; so might end up
compiling on your own.

Regards,

-Kevin