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Introduce iRedMail
            Open Source Mail Server Solution
for Red Hat, CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu, openSUSE, FreeBSD


        Zhang Huangbin (zhb@iredmail.org)
             http://www.iredmail.org/
Agenda

• What iRedMail Is
• Why We Develope it
• Differences between Similar Products
About Me

• Zhang Huangbin (in Chinese:          )

• Author and maintainer of iRedMail,
  iRedAdmin-Pro
What iRedMail Is
What iRedMail Is
• A mail server solution, starts from 11/2007
• Powered by Open Source Softwares
• Full-featured
• A set of Bash shell scripts
• An open source project (GPL v2)
• Provides almost all features you expect
What iRedMail Does
• Install mail server related softwares
 • Complete setup in less than 2 minutes
 • Almost all softwares are binary packages
 • Almost all softwares come from official
    repositories of Linux/BSD distributions
• Make them work together and make you
  happy
Features
• SMTP(S), POP3(S), IMAP(S)
• Anti-Spam & Anti-Virus
• Advanced service restrictions
• Built-in mail list support
• Global LDAP address book
• http://www.iredmail.org/features.html
Supported Distro
• Works on:
 • Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux, CentOS
 • Debian, Ubuntu
 • OpenSuSE
 • FreeBSD
• Supports both i386 & x86_64
Virtualized/Non-Virt
• Works on both physical and virtualized
  boxes
 • VMware
 • Xen
 • KVM
 • OpenVZ
Major Components
          Component                       Role
            Postfix                    MTA (SMTP)
           Dovecot                     POP3, IMAP
      MySQL, OpenLDAP              Store mail accounts
            Apache                     Web Server
          Roundcube                     Webmail
Amavisd + SpamAssassin + ClamAV   Anti-Spam & Anti-Virus
Major Components ...
 Component      Role

 Policyd (v1)   Postfix Policy Server

PostfixAdmin     web-based Postfix Admin

phpMyAdmin      web-based MySQL management

phpLDAPadmin web-based LDAP management

 iRedAdmin      web-based admin panel for OpenLDAP
Why Binary Packages

• Benefits
 • More stable and assured to use
 • Free to update/upgrade your system
 • Easy to support more distributions
 • Save your time
Why We Develope It
What We Have Now


• Many documents available freely
• Many other solutions available
 freely
What they give you is ...
Painful
Experience
Painful Experience

• Too many choices for one feature
• Long time for setup
• Long time for troubleshooting
• Lack of features (anti-spam, etc)
• No document left by previous SA
Painful Experience ...

• Can’t repeat same deployment
• Hard to backup/restore/recover
• Not flexible for cluster and load balance
• Hard to integrate 3rd-party software
• No suitable admin panel available
iRedAdmin


• web-based iRedMail admin panel
• Demo: http://demo.iredmail.org/
Who are using iRedMail
   • Canada                  • Netherlands
   • China                   • Philippines
   • Chile                   • Poland
   • Germany                 • South Africa
   • India                   • United States
   • Indonesia               • ...
Success Stories: http://www.iredmail.org/stories.html
What Are They Saying

• My mom could install iRedMail and use it...
• This is a COMPLETE solution
• ...
           What are users saying:
    http://www.iredmail.org/stories.html
Differences between
  Similar Projects
Differences

• What features they provide
• Philosophy behind the project
• Who packs most of binary packages
• Source code is open or closed
• International
Questions?
Thanks

Introduce iRedMail Open Source Mail Server Solution

  • 1.
    Introduce iRedMail Open Source Mail Server Solution for Red Hat, CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu, openSUSE, FreeBSD Zhang Huangbin (zhb@iredmail.org) http://www.iredmail.org/
  • 2.
    Agenda • What iRedMailIs • Why We Develope it • Differences between Similar Products
  • 3.
    About Me • ZhangHuangbin (in Chinese: ) • Author and maintainer of iRedMail, iRedAdmin-Pro
  • 4.
  • 5.
    What iRedMail Is •A mail server solution, starts from 11/2007 • Powered by Open Source Softwares • Full-featured • A set of Bash shell scripts • An open source project (GPL v2) • Provides almost all features you expect
  • 6.
    What iRedMail Does •Install mail server related softwares • Complete setup in less than 2 minutes • Almost all softwares are binary packages • Almost all softwares come from official repositories of Linux/BSD distributions • Make them work together and make you happy
  • 11.
    Features • SMTP(S), POP3(S),IMAP(S) • Anti-Spam & Anti-Virus • Advanced service restrictions • Built-in mail list support • Global LDAP address book • http://www.iredmail.org/features.html
  • 12.
    Supported Distro • Workson: • Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux, CentOS • Debian, Ubuntu • OpenSuSE • FreeBSD • Supports both i386 & x86_64
  • 13.
    Virtualized/Non-Virt • Works onboth physical and virtualized boxes • VMware • Xen • KVM • OpenVZ
  • 14.
    Major Components Component Role Postfix MTA (SMTP) Dovecot POP3, IMAP MySQL, OpenLDAP Store mail accounts Apache Web Server Roundcube Webmail Amavisd + SpamAssassin + ClamAV Anti-Spam & Anti-Virus
  • 15.
    Major Components ... Component Role Policyd (v1) Postfix Policy Server PostfixAdmin web-based Postfix Admin phpMyAdmin web-based MySQL management phpLDAPadmin web-based LDAP management iRedAdmin web-based admin panel for OpenLDAP
  • 16.
    Why Binary Packages •Benefits • More stable and assured to use • Free to update/upgrade your system • Easy to support more distributions • Save your time
  • 17.
  • 18.
    What We HaveNow • Many documents available freely • Many other solutions available freely
  • 19.
    What they giveyou is ...
  • 20.
  • 21.
    Painful Experience • Toomany choices for one feature • Long time for setup • Long time for troubleshooting • Lack of features (anti-spam, etc) • No document left by previous SA
  • 22.
    Painful Experience ... •Can’t repeat same deployment • Hard to backup/restore/recover • Not flexible for cluster and load balance • Hard to integrate 3rd-party software • No suitable admin panel available
  • 23.
    iRedAdmin • web-based iRedMailadmin panel • Demo: http://demo.iredmail.org/
  • 24.
    Who are usingiRedMail • Canada • Netherlands • China • Philippines • Chile • Poland • Germany • South Africa • India • United States • Indonesia • ... Success Stories: http://www.iredmail.org/stories.html
  • 25.
    What Are TheySaying • My mom could install iRedMail and use it... • This is a COMPLETE solution • ... What are users saying: http://www.iredmail.org/stories.html
  • 26.
    Differences between Similar Projects
  • 27.
    Differences • What featuresthey provide • Philosophy behind the project • Who packs most of binary packages • Source code is open or closed • International
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Editor's Notes

  • #14 Mail list: easy to manage and assign members
  • #22 Survey: How many users try to setup a mail server themself?
  • #26 同一个功能有多中同类软件可以实现,选哪个? 花费大量时间用于安装和配置相关软件 软件装好了却不一定能正常工作,还得花大量时间排错(但是使用 IREDMAIL,你不是一个人在战斗) 反垃圾效果不好 功能不够 没有记录文档,之前的 SA 也没有留下文档
  • #27 无法在其它服务器上重现同样的安装过程和环境 部署时可能没有考虑到集群和负载均衡。 开发者对集群和负载均衡经验丰富 没有考虑整合第三方软件 没有合适的管理后台 没有时间深入邮件服务
  • #34 Thanks for your invitation Thanks for your attendance