I want to start a webmail service... how?

[tuxfan]

Let me start off by saying I'm thrilled with the info you provided. Thanks a zillion!

You are welcome

What about protecting mail users from spam? This is the area that's currently bothering me.

Lots of companies are trying to come up with solutions for spam. But unfortunately, no one is 100% accurate. However, Bayesian Filtering is pretty popular. I am using SpamAssassin on my personal mail accounts at the server end. It at least marks the mails as spam and assigns them scores. SpamAssassin is also open source. I collect them in a separate folder in my email client using message rules.

Judging from your forum nick: I used to dabble in Linux a bit some time ago, but didn't really get too far (actually, nowhere). I want to go for something like Debian or SUSE for long-term idea implementations. Any suggestions? I heard Debian is really user-friendly but couldn't even get the GUI running on my computer!

From my forum nick, quite a few people misunderstand me! I am not a TuxPro, I am a tuxfan. My knowledge of GNU/Linux is really really limited. However, search in the Open Source section and you will find some thread running on pros and cons of various distros. This same question has been asked many times. Personally, I feel SuSE and Ubuntu are really getting better and popular.

Plus, do I need to learn Linux to get my mail thing running? I'm asking this because I've noticed a mail server (Samba?) is there among Linux installation packages (in Fedora, SUSE etc).

You may not need to learn too much initially. You can simply learn the intricacies of that mail server. However, if you are really serious on this, some day you will HAVE TO learn GNU/Linux in a bit more depth because it is the preferred OS at the server end.

 

[niz]

Thanks, all of you. Sorry for the delay in posting -- my phone line was out! In any case, yes, looking at it from a long-term perspective, I should start checking out Linux. I haven't made much progress on Google's services that might be of help to me in this case (creating a webmail) -- any help on this? Plus, I'd prefer Debian for a transition to Linux; any thoughts?
Thanks again,
niz

 

[tuxfan]

I haven't made much progress on Google's services that might be of help to me in this case (creating a webmail) -- any help on this?

I think you better check out the google help on this.

Plus, I'd prefer Debian for a transition to Linux; any thoughts?
Thanks again,
niz

More and more people have started prefering Ubuntu for dekstops and CentOS for servers.

 

[niz]

Thx a zillion (as always). I'm on the thing, and will keep you posted if I need further help. Might take some time.

 

[topgear]

Use Merak Mail Server. Though it's a not free but it is very very flexible &
poerful, easy to configure & use.
www.merakmailserver.com

 

[champ_rock]

ok try out this *www.roundcube.net/

this might be of great help to u

 

[niz]

Dear all,
Thanks a zillion for all the replies.. am working on it and indeed taking it pretty seriously. Due to my job and other stuff I can't really spend as much time as I would have liked on this thing, but you can be assured that I'm not giving up. Any more ideas/roadmaps would be appreciated, and in the meanwhile, I'll keep you all updated if something happens.
niz