Which Mail server/Client

[tqz]

Hello All

I have been tasked into looking into the best open source mail server and mail client for our ubuntu server to provide a replacement for our current exchange-outlook setup.

I have very little and limited exp in Linux and my knowledge on mail servers/clients is also very limited. So was just curious as to what the views were on this forum and what peoples actual experience in using the various servers/clients are.

The requirements besides being able to send and recieve emails that I can think of on top of my head are as follows:-

• Ease of use
• Calender - would be good if it can be made available to selected users
• Access from home
• Filter/Block junk mail
• spell checks
• Have private as well as public email folders
• Read reciepts
• Easy to setup and maintain

There is probably a whole list of other important requirements but as I said that is all that I could think of at the time of writing this post.

I did do some googling and looked into Zimbra and Thunderbird so peoples views on these products or others would be much appreciated.


Thanks in adv for any help!
t.

[GreenSkyChris]

Thunderbird with lightning plug in (calendar) is probably the best client. As lightning the calendar is a plug in, it can be given to whomever you want who you dont want.

Dovecot - IMAP and POP3 - its what I use for the company I work for and is really good.

Postfix - SMTP - again, what I use and is really good.

SquirrelMail - cool web based email which can be used in conjunction with the above and can be accessed from anywhere.