Linux Mail Server Setup and Howto Guide

This article describes how to setup a new mail account in Evolution.

This article describes how to setup a new mail account in Microsoft Outlook 2007.

This article describes how to add a new mail account in Mozilla Thunderbird 2.

This article describes how to setup a new mail account in Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0

The Squid Analysis Report Generator (SARG) enables you to see your Squid users internet usage. SARG provides many informations about Squid users activities like times, bytes, sites, etc. This article will show you how to use SARG through Webmin, a web-based interface for administering Linux.

The Squid Access Control List (ACL) Element defines a specific condition that can be acted upon when met. Listed below are the different types ACL elements available in Webmin and its equivalent in the Squid configuration file.

SMTP Authentication prevents unauthorized user from sending out spam mails. But some applications do not support SMTP Authentication. Example of these are web applications with mail sending features (Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server, PHP based applications, etc).

You can configure Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Internet Explorer to use a proxy server like Squid to connect to the Internet. A proxy server reduces bandwidth requirements and improves response times by caching and reusing frequently-requested web pages. This page will show you how to configure Firefox and Internet Explorer to use a proxy server.

Before deploying your new mail server on the internet, make sure you have checked the list below. This will ensure that your mail server will have a good sending reputation (trusted) and will not be ignored and treated as a spammer.