d. I want to be a good net citizen.
>
> *BIND
I found the debian packages good. Possibly I should look at chrooting
things. I might even be doing it already for all I know!
> *Incoming mail
I've had good results with exim.
> *A POP3/IMAP server for my client.
I've had good results with dovecot.
> *An SMTP server for my client to send to.
I've had good results with exim.
> *Webmail for on-the-road access to my mail. (my existing provider uses Open.Exchange and I like it but I'm also happy to consider other recommendations)
I've had good results with prayer
(
http://www-uxsup.csx.cam.ac.uk/~dpc22/prayer/)
but I think it's very much a niche product - it focusses on the "basic, but fast" angle whereas most people seem to want more functionality, and not to have to compile a C server.
For debian, I like the "securing debian" manual:
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/
Some of it needs to be taken with a pinch of salt, but it's a good list
of things to look at.
Michael
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On 25/05/12 14:43, Paul Stimpson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Thank you for you help with choosing a domain registrar. I went with
> Gandi I'm the end and they seem great.
>
> I've bought my first domains and I'm just about to begin configuring
> services on my VPS. This is the first time I've run a server facing
> the public internet.
>
> I'd really appreciate any guida
