chantcd
11-02-2006, 04:34 PM
Hello,
I am the Linux system administrator for a mid-sized company. We are switching from an external webhost to running our own web server.
This server needs to have POP3 e-mail as well as Apache (MySQL, PHP, OpenSSL, etc.)
I am having the hardest time getting an e-mail solution set up on this system.
E-mail needs to be MySQL-based, so users can be added/removed easily, without creating a Linux (system) account for each. Among other reasons, we have more than one domain name. bob@company1.com and bob@company2.com need to be separate accounts.
I'm trying to set up a system as described here:
http://www.phparchitecture.com/howto_show.php?id=2
Setting up Cyrus IMAP, SASL, MySQL, Postfix, etc. to work together seems to be a herculean chore. Moreover, there are few tutorials out there, and no books available (it seems).
Would installing WHM/Cpanel solve this problem? I know that you have to have a fresh install, and that they can install it for you, etc. That might be a problem for us, since I live hundreds of miles from the server, and I was just on-site installing the LAMP portion. The webserver portion I am doing fine with; the e-mail portion is hard.
But does WHM magically give you an e-mail setup? (Including a POP3 server so users can log in and download their mail?) I am also wondering: What version of Apache, MySQL, PHP, PHPMyAdmin, etc. does WHM provide, if any?
If WHM would make things easier setup-wise, it would be worth the cost. But if it's only for maintenance once you're set up, we don't really need that.
Insofar as I am NOT a Linux guru now, I'd like to become one. I am a programmer and do like to have full control over things. I miss the DOS days. I DO like the command line. So is WHM/Cpanel for me?
Thanks,
Matthew
I am the Linux system administrator for a mid-sized company. We are switching from an external webhost to running our own web server.
This server needs to have POP3 e-mail as well as Apache (MySQL, PHP, OpenSSL, etc.)
I am having the hardest time getting an e-mail solution set up on this system.
E-mail needs to be MySQL-based, so users can be added/removed easily, without creating a Linux (system) account for each. Among other reasons, we have more than one domain name. bob@company1.com and bob@company2.com need to be separate accounts.
I'm trying to set up a system as described here:
http://www.phparchitecture.com/howto_show.php?id=2
Setting up Cyrus IMAP, SASL, MySQL, Postfix, etc. to work together seems to be a herculean chore. Moreover, there are few tutorials out there, and no books available (it seems).
Would installing WHM/Cpanel solve this problem? I know that you have to have a fresh install, and that they can install it for you, etc. That might be a problem for us, since I live hundreds of miles from the server, and I was just on-site installing the LAMP portion. The webserver portion I am doing fine with; the e-mail portion is hard.
But does WHM magically give you an e-mail setup? (Including a POP3 server so users can log in and download their mail?) I am also wondering: What version of Apache, MySQL, PHP, PHPMyAdmin, etc. does WHM provide, if any?
If WHM would make things easier setup-wise, it would be worth the cost. But if it's only for maintenance once you're set up, we don't really need that.
Insofar as I am NOT a Linux guru now, I'd like to become one. I am a programmer and do like to have full control over things. I miss the DOS days. I DO like the command line. So is WHM/Cpanel for me?
Thanks,
Matthew