Re: Mail Server

On Jul 6, 2018 5:56 PM, "Elias M. Mariani" <marianielias@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I'm moving some sites that my friends and I handle from a cheap
> webserver to a cloud server with OpenBSD.
> I have the webserver part figured out (httpd+mariadb+php7).
> But I need to choose how to handle the mails.
> I'm mostly worried that the mail accounts must be managed by some of
> our users through the web.
> So I need to use something like postfixadmin or ViMbAdmin, that is, a
> web application to handle the accounts.
> Also I dont have much knowledge about what the market has to offer...
> Should I use OpenSMTPD or I need some big MTA like postfix ?
> I also need IMAP so can I use OpenSMTPD+dovecot+ViMbAdmin?
>
> This is a kind of open question, maybe someone savy in mail servers
> can guide me in what to choose.
> The amount of mails in and out is very small, so, I'm not looking for
> performance, just for security, reliability and, truth be told...
> practicality, to many components to handle a mail... It should be
> simpler... ;(
>
> Cheers.
> Elias.
>

Are you going to need to add and remove accounts on a daily basis? I believe vimbadmin only works with postfix. However, if you are just setting up a few accounts that won't need to change immediately semi frequently then opensmtpd will likely be much easier for you to set up.