Articles tagged with mail-server

1. The Hidden Value of a Backup MX Host

   Posted on February 04, 2008 in System Administration

   A colleague of mine is not fond of backup <acronym title="Mail eXchange">MX</acronym> hosts. He (correctly) points out that all incoming mail should be transmitted through another mail server anyway, so the backup MX hosts only serves as an attack point for spammers.

   For the most part I …

2. Using Mutt with IMAP

   Posted on May 21, 2007 in Software

   I've written before regarding the command-line email client Mutt, and how useful it can be. Unfortunately, Mutt is designed to read a local mail spool by default. If you need to use Mutt to read email from a remote mail server, <acronym title="Internet Message Access Protocol">IMAP</acronym> may …

3. What is Mutt?

   Posted on May 17, 2007 in Software

   Mutt is a text-based email client for UNIX-based operating systems. To say it is highly configurable is an understatement. It can be compiled to support a variety of mail protocols and runs in almost any terminal emulator. Unfortunately, the glory days of Mutt have come and gone. In the days …

4. Postfix 2.3 and clamav-milter

   Posted on April 22, 2007 in System Administration

   You've probably been using Postfix and ClamAV for a long time. Prior to Postfix 2.3, you had to have an AMaViS daemon running to act as the glue between Postfix and ClamAV.

   As of version 2.3, Postfix now supports Sendmail 8 Milter protocol. Now you can cut AMaViS …