I suggest you look at these articles in the wiki. There are a number of useful guides linked from this page
On 25 May 2012 14:56, Simon Bell
<simon@calmblue.net> wrote:
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 guidance on the best way to set up the following so that it's competent, reliable and doesn't get pwned. I want to be a good net citizen.
*BIND
*Incoming mail
*A POP3/IMAP server for my client.
*An SMTP server for my client to send to.
*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)
Thanks,
Paul.
I would forget BIND for the time being, just use Gandi's DNS. Then my preference is Dovecot for IMAP, Postfix for your SMTP and Roundcube for your webmail.
But first, get ssh running on some random high port and lock down your firewall leaving only the random high port open
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