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Re: Secure email server setup

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On Mon 15 Jan 2018 at 16:22:26 -0500, Henning Follmann wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 08:42:34PM +0000, Brian wrote:
> > On Mon 15 Jan 2018 at 14:51:56 -0500, Henning Follmann wrote:
> > 
> > > On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 08:34:33PM +0100, Jonathan Sélea wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > As other people already have said - do you really need emailserver of
> > > > this kind?
> > > 
> > > This however is a valid question. A full functional mailserver requires
> > > effort and administrative knowledge to setup properly. And your question
> > > already hints that the latter is no there yet.
> > 
> > All things computer-related require effort and administrative knowledge
> > to setup properly if anything out of the ordinary is being done. "do you
> > really need emailserver of this kind" is an indication of something bad
> > in the state of email.
> > 
> > Don't do it your way or take advantage of what the net provides appears
> > to be the message. Your intentions are verging on the incompetent, or,
> > maybe, you are bucking the trend, just use Google like everyone else
> > is the message.
> > 
> 
> Well,
> honestly I always thought it is very beneficial to run your own mailserver.
> But it is also one of the most difficult tasks to master. We have come a

Agreed. Although the Debian exim documentation makes an excellent
contribution to getting users off the ground.

> long way from setting up a sendmail server with its unique M4 syntax, but
> still you have to understand more than just setting up a smtp server. You
> need to understand DNS, SSL, TLS. You have to master at least one form of
> authentication method and avoid any possible relay desasters. 
> Because all this is potentially hard to understand. This was my thought

Agreed. There are many pitfalls to avoid.

> behind my comment. I would like to encourage anybody to try and set this
> up. However this will take some time before this should be practiced on an
> openly connected server.

Having a fully operating mail server is very satisfying but your point
is well-taken. The risk of mucking up a server for an important task is
not to be taken lightly.

-- 
Brian.

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  Re: Secure email server setup rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-01-14 19:00 +0100
    Re: Secure email server setup Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-01-14 20:30 +0100
      Re: Secure email server setup rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-01-14 22:50 +0100
        Re: Secure email server setup Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-01-15 00:20 +0100
          Re: Secure email server setup Alessandro Vesely <vesely@tana.it> - 2018-01-15 10:50 +0100
            Re: Secure email server setup rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-01-15 16:30 +0100
              Re: Secure email server setup Alessandro Vesely <vesely@tana.it> - 2018-01-15 19:00 +0100
                Re: Secure email server setup Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-01-15 20:00 +0100
                Re: Secure email server setup rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-01-15 20:10 +0100
                Re: Secure email server setup Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-01-15 22:10 +0100
                Re: Secure email server setup Henning Follmann <hfollmann@itcfollmann.com> - 2018-01-15 20:30 +0100
                Re: Secure email server setup rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-01-15 20:00 +0100
                Re: Secure email server setup Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-01-15 21:10 +0100
                Re: Secure email server setup rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-01-17 14:40 +0100
          Re: Secure email server setup Jonathan Sélea <jonathan@selea.se> - 2018-01-15 20:40 +0100
            Re: Secure email server setup Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-01-15 20:50 +0100
            Re: Secure email server setup Henning Follmann <hfollmann@itcfollmann.com> - 2018-01-15 21:00 +0100
              Re: Secure email server setup Jonathan Sélea <jonathan@selea.se> - 2018-01-15 21:00 +0100
                Re: Secure email server setup Henning Follmann <hfollmann@itcfollmann.com> - 2018-01-15 22:40 +0100
                Re: Secure email server setup Jonathan Sélea <jonathan@selea.se> - 2018-01-16 11:10 +0100
              Re: Secure email server setup Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-01-15 21:50 +0100
                Re: Secure email server setup Henning Follmann <hfollmann@itcfollmann.com> - 2018-01-15 22:30 +0100
                Re: Secure email server setup Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-01-16 20:00 +0100
  Re: Secure email server setup deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-01-14 19:50 +0100
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