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  • September 23, 2003 at 4:08 pm #356455
    indy27
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    hello,

    we have up and running a mac os x server 10.2.6.
    we use apples built-in software for filesharing and SMTP/IMAP (POP is deactivated). we have 2 mac os x clients and 5 windows clients (with office and outlook 2000).

    my colleagues are frustrated about spam and virus, so I would like to install spamassassin and clamav.

    you offer very good guides to install either postfix or exim, but I have 3 questions, that are not answered by your guides:

    – what app should be better for “unix-novices” like me to setup and maintain?

    – are both solutions independent of software updates? I mean, if I install on mac os x 10.2.6 postfix or exim and spamassassin/clamav and do later softwareupdates and security updates like 10.2.8, should work afterwards the whole mail-solution without manual modifications?

    – can I go back easily to apples own MTA?

    many thanks for your advice in advance!

    ferdinand

    October 5, 2003 at 4:18 pm #356532
    indy27
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    hello joel,

    thanks for your suggestions. today I installed – with the help of your guide – postfix.

    for your information – a little section is different to your guide:

    I checked the alias-file (/etc/postfix/aliases) as you described, but after the complete installation postfix couldn’t start.

    In the console I read: Oct 5 16:37:37 xserve postfix/smtpd[575]: fatal: open database /etc/postfix/aliases.db: No such file or directory^M^M

    so I renamed the file to aliases.db and then postfix could start.

    bye

    ferdinand

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