webmail server

[dchurch24]

Hi,

This is my first post here - and it's one in desperation.

Now, don't laugh, I'm a .net programmer and have set up Exchange server for many clients, unfortunatly (for me) my own website has become so popular that it can no longer be hosted on a W2003 server.

For the last 6 days I have been trying to setup some sort of webmail for our site users. I have installed PostFix and Squirrelmail, but I don't seem to be able to connect at all. I have tried the config example address given my the readme squirrelmail file (with my domain substituted) and I get a 404. Also, I cannot connect to the pop3 (presumably postfix) server in anyway at all.

I am now completely lost.

I clearly have buggered up the install, but have no idea what to do next. I have about 20k users that all want their email, and I have no idea how to provide it.

If anyone can point me at a reasonably 'newbie' step-by-step guide to setting up pop3/webmail on debian-sarge(?) I will be forever gratefull.
(also, if anyone can help me uninstall the mess I have made with installing squirrelmail, postfix, sendmail and a whole host of others that I seem to have cocked up, I will also be very, very thankfull)

Thanks in advance.

[gtmtnbiker98]

Why can't Exchange handle it? Just curious as to why you think a Linux solution can better handle your server load? After all, it all boils down to bandwidth and hardware.

[dchurch24]

Simply because we were hosted on a windows server and it was constantly dishing out error messages (using IIS). The host at the time suggested we move to Linux (Apache)- we did, and the errors stopped.

We now have a dedicated Debian box, so exchange is no longer an option.

I've just re-installed reinstalled dovecot and squirrelmail. Got an error with the install of dovecot, but squirelmail was fine.

How do I test to see if Squirrelmail has installed/working ok?

[gg234]

if you are installing webmail.First u need to check any MTA,MDA are installed like postfix,qmail or senmail servers installed and configured.If you want to install these Check here.If you want to install SquirrelMail Check here

hope this helps