Re: Mail server question

   Jay, 
>  
>  Thanks for your reply. This is something I have considered
> and I may end up going that route.  However, I would
> 
>  
>  
>  
>  Linux Users Of Northern Illinois \(Chicago\) - Technical
> Discussion <[email protected]> wrote:  Richard, > Why can't you have your customers send emails to one
> address (like something that resolves to a gmail account),
> then use some sort of programmable client program
> (or write one in Perl) to download each message do
> the filtering and parsing, then if it meets your requirements,
> then turn around and re-email it to a different email
> address for the important messages?
 > Jay
>  
>  > On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 8:49 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:
>   Does it get any easier if you have you have a T1
> with a handful of static IPs?
>  As you can probably discern from my earlier posts
> I am faced with the possibility of having to create
> my own mail server because I need the ability to filter
> emails via their attachments and I would like to do
> so on the server side so I don't  end up downloading
> messages I don't want. I can't seem to find a service
> provider who will give me a reasonably priced email
> address and shell with procmail support without signing
> up for web hosting.  So it looks like I'm off to create
> my own mail server. I do have static ips but I'm not
> even sure how to use them at this point.
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>  -----Original Message-----
 > From: Patrick Meredith <[email protected]>
>  Sender: [email protected]
 > Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 00:54:34
>  To: Linux Users Of Northern Illinois (Chicago) -
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>  Reply-To: "Linux Users Of Northern Illinois \(Chicago\)
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>         Discussion" <[email protected]>
>  Subject: Re: [LUNI] Mail server question
 
>  >  > On 11/24/2010 10:45 AM, Samir Faci wrote:
>  > I've done the virtual mail server, imap, pop3,
> smtp, spam assassin,
>  > etc etc etc.....
>  >
>  > its a pain to get working.  If you have a cheapo
> ISP or are just a
>  > weirdo like me running your mail server
>  > off your low end DSL line you end up fighting with
> sbc or comcast to
>  > open up port 25... and at the end of the day
>  >
>  > I'd rather spend my time doing something else then
> tinkering with this
>  > stuff.  Google provides me with gigs upon gigs
> of
>  > data at no charge (besides my soul which they already
> own).  I can add
>  > users, delete users on the fly...
>  >
>  > I've been using google apps for 4-5 years now haven't
> had any
>  > problems.  my @esamir.com emails are all done via google.
>  >
>  > Unless you're doing it for a learning experience..
> or want to setup a
> 
>  >
>  > just my 2 cents.
>  My 2 cents I would agree... For learning it is a
> good idea. BTW, I have
>  a little home server with ISPConfig running. Like
> a charm if I may say
>  so myself,
>  
>  Mit freundlichen Gruessen
>  With best regards
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