Secure a mailserver?

**ZennouRyuu** · 10-19-2004, 03:18 AM

OK guys heres the situation, I have a mailserver running a bare stpd basically does nothing but sends mail. I want to change tosomthing a bit more secure. Must support SSL or TLS and preferable allows for authentication over smtp as well (encrypted login of course). ANy help would be appreciated.

10-19-2004, 08:44 PM

Disconnect the network cable from it.

**ZennouRyuu** · 10-20-2004, 12:16 AM

Thanks forthat invaluable piece of wisdom, but I am afraid that is not really an option as I need a functional mail server as well as secure

10-20-2004, 11:41 AM

http://qmailrocks.org

**OilyFish** · 10-20-2004, 07:40 PM

I've found Postfix to be very reliable and relatively easy to configure.

O.F.

**jro** · 10-20-2004, 08:13 PM

I am with mcangeli on this one, I have only use qmail and I haven't had any real issues with it. Though I don't know if it supports everything you wanted, I haven't play with it that much. Sorry, I can't be of more help, then again it was probably more helpful than mcangeli's first comment ;-)

**maccorin** · 10-21-2004, 07:11 AM

am i the only person alive that still likes sendmail :/

**beezlebubsbum** · 10-21-2004, 10:28 AM

If it only sends mail, then why bother upping the security anyway? If it works, don't fix it!

**maccorin** · 10-21-2004, 12:18 PM

Originally Posted by beezlebubsbum

If it only sends mail, then why bother upping the security anyway? If it works, don't fix it!

if he's sending sensitive content, or requiring passwords... i understand the need for encryption

unfortunatly i have no exp doing what he wants, so therefore am just wasting your screenspace with this post.