Re: FN-FORUM: Spam free email with SmarterMail Enterprise v5 and ServWise.com

date posted 13th April 2008 16:17

On Sunday 13 April 2008 15:53:10 Brian Lycett wrote:
> I would also recommend Postifx as an MTA (for UNIX style systems).
> Postfix is a highly reliable and highly scalable MTA, and has support for
> virtual domains. I've been using it on various servers for years and
> never encountered a problem with it. It also integrates very well with
> other software such as SpamAssassin or ClamAV for anti-spam or anti-virus
> solutions.
> It also integrates well with Courier-IMAP or Dovecot, both IMAP (or POP)
> servers that provide functionality such as shared folders.
>
> This software is open source, so there are no license fees wither.
> Postfix is available at www.postfix.org, Courier-IMAP from
> www.courier-mta.org, Dovecot from www.dovecot.org, ClamAV from
> www.clamav.org, SpamAssassin from http://spamassassin.apache.org/ and
> Amavisd-new (a middle layer between Postfix and mail scanning systems like
> SpamAssassin or ClamAV) can be downloaded from
> http://www.ijs.si/software/amavisd/
>

I've got to say that for flexibility, scalability and stability this is the
approach I would take if implementing something internally (and also if I was
offering a hosted solution, although depending on your internal skill sets
your milage may vary, as it would with any other mail system). Although
after attending a talk by Alex Hudson of the bongo project
(http://www.bongo-project.org/Main_Page) I have to say there is still rather
a lot of work to be done in terms of data portability and standardisation
between collaboration type systems.

Its interesting to see how many commercial applications now exist that either
sit on top of (or beside) solid open source systems (either in compliance
with or skirting the licenses that technology is provided under), making the
most of the open source technology whilst providing better (or different)
management and configuration support.

There really are a wealth of great options out there for anyone providing mail
and collaboration services.