13 Mar
2012
13 Mar
'12
9:21 a.m.
On Tuesday 13 Mar 2012, S P wrote:
Unfortunately, I think I need something more reliable
than me running a
host!
An understandable view - although I would say that I set up a Postfix+Dovecot
mailserver for 50 users - and it has been running now for 3 years with zero
downtime - and zero maintenance beyond keeping it updated.
The hassle is in setting it up - if you can stomach putting in a few hours
work - you'll have a reliable system by the end of it.
There are a number of easy to follow howtos on howtoforge.com, which is how I
started out.
http://goo.gl/V4pfD
<http://www.howtoforge.com/virtual-users-with-postfix-dovecot-mysql-roundcube-iredadmin-on-debian-6-squeeze>
I haven't used this exact howto, but I've used others to great success. Not
sure about iredadmin or iredmail - anyone used them?
Obviously you'd want fail2ban and iptables configured - but that's no
different from running any other bitfolk VPS.
The one thing you won't have is any support :/
--
Chris Roberts