Multiple, separate domains email server

[Nas (Artem Fedai)]

Hi to All @giacomo @filippo_carletti @alefattorini @GG_jr @davidep !

Those Solution was for 2.3.8 branch

for 3.0.1 branch it is more simple:

--- /etc/e-smith/templates/sogo-config/20user_source_ldap       2015-10-05 17:11:52.000000000 +0300
+++ ./20user_source_ldap        2016-02-16 02:51:53.036406615 +0200
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@
            id = users;
            type = ldap;
            CNFieldName = cn;
-           IDFieldName = uid;
+           IDFieldName = mail;
            UIDFieldName = uid;
+           bindFields = (mail);
            canAuthenticate = YES;
            bindDN = "cn=sogo,dc=directory,dc=nh";
            bindPassword = "$ldapPassword";

[Nas (Artem Fedai)]

How about per domain provisioning ? It is not so complicated.

[Nas (Artem Fedai)]

Oh my God

/var/lib/sogo/GNUstep/Defaults/.GNUstepDefaults

@giacomo maybe /etc/sogo/sogo.conf is more habitual ?

[giacomo (Giacomo Sanchietti)]

@Nas

@giacomo maybe /etc/sogo/sogo.conf is more habitual ?

Yes it is, but they changed the configuration syntax/file/db at least 2 times.
I don’t know if it worth it to switch again to the config file. GNUStep is hugly, but for now it works.
Few days ago @davidep said he wanted to switch to sogo.conf…who knows!

[GG_jr (Gabriel GHEORGHIU)]

@giacomo

Few days ago @davidep said he wanted to switch to sogo.conf…who knows!

I think it’s a better idea!

[GG_jr (Gabriel GHEORGHIU)]

@GG_jr

• separate Adress Book for each domain (@Nas : 0001001: Sogo tools with multi domain support - SOGo | BTS), or if is not possible, how to hide this for all domains.

How to hide (disable) “mail users” (Global Address Book) on SOGo 2.3.8 (update to this version of SOGo from Software center beginning from today - Thank you @giacomo ! ):

Prerequisites:

SOGo - How to force external login with email account?

Solved by @Nas; Thank you Nas! Mini How-To: mkdir -p /etc/e-smith/templates-custom/sogo-config/ cp -p /etc/e-smith/templates/sogo-config/05general_preferences /etc/e-smith/templates-custom/sogo-config/05general_preferences cp -p /etc/e-smith/templates/sogo-config/20user_source_ldap /etc/e-smith/templates-custom/sogo-config/20user_source_ldap Edit /etc/e-smith/templates-custom/sogo-config/05general_preferences and add this line (please see the attached pictures): $S{SOGoForceExt…

1. Edit: /etc/e-smith/templates-custom/sogo-config/20user_source_ldap

and change line 25 (isAddressBook)

from: isAddressBook = YES;
to: isAddressBook = NO;

2. signal-event nethserver-sogo-update

[Nas (Artem Fedai)]

I show you this scenario, but it is not so good. Just workaround

[alefattorini (Alessio Fattorini)]

Thanks for sharing, nice workaround!

[GG_jr (Gabriel GHEORGHIU)]

@Nas

I show you this scenario, but it is not so good. Just workaround

Hi Nas,

I know that. It’s just for hide Global Address Book to all email domains.

I just wanted to share this. Maybe there are and others who want to use NS in this configuration.

I show you that I use this on Zentyal, from about two years ago.
On Zentyal I knew how to do this but here, without your knowledge I didn’t know.

[stephdl (Stéphane de Labrusse)]

@Nas

@giacomo maybe /etc/sogo/sogo.conf is more habitual ?

yes it is

[Nas (Artem Fedai)]

@stephdl thank you for supporting me

[GG_jr (Gabriel GHEORGHIU)]

@Nas

@stephdl thank you for supporting me

I support you too!
That’s why, a novice like me could make some changes easy on Zentyal!

[stephdl (Stéphane de Labrusse)]

The principle will be the same, some templates to /etc/sogo/sogo.conf however for a quick modification, you can tweak directly the sogo.conf files, of course only for testing purpose.

[mark_nl (Mark Verlinde)]

Testing NS7/SOGov3 found out the sogo-tool is relying on sogo.conf…

So there are more reasons to move, could it be possible to get together as an community and tackle this this?

[alefattorini (Alessio Fattorini)]

@mark_nl

So there are more reasons to move, could it be possible to get together as an community and tackle this this?

Yes! Love this approach. @davidep would you put us on the right track?

[mark_nl (Mark Verlinde)]

It’s getting OT, so better to split this off;

I’ve got an idea how to involve novice’s like me to do this;

make an testing/dev rpm with /etc/e-smith/events/nethserver-sogo-update/templates2expand/etc/sogo/sogo.conf;
and a template sogo.conf containing standard (//marked out) content.

So nothing chances, but we thinker’s can make a custom (perl) template and test this by moving GNUstep-default out of the way .

[Nas (Artem Fedai)]

You can do it by your own

[GG_jr (Gabriel GHEORGHIU)]

cc; @alefattorini, @giacomo, @davidep, @filippo_carletti

Hi guys,

Regarding this goal (Multiple, “partial separate” domains email server), I have a question to you.

I intend to unify my Zentyal Email Server (Multiple, “partial separate” domains email server) with the new NethServer 6.7 Email Server (for now, totally about 120 email domains with about 250 email accounts, and I hope to grow).

My question is how will be the upgrade to NS 7 which came with some new things?

The email server will have no PDC or/and AD Integration, no Shared Folders - Samba, just email hosting, and will be placed in DMZ.
Because of that, it’s better to start with the new NS7 even if is Alpha version and I think that for this task everything it’s OK with this version, or to use NS 6.7 and the upgrade will be easy?
All clients use POP3, so all emails are on desktops, so the only problem could be with the transfer of the email accounts, user accounts and passwords.
The web email is SOGo.

TIA,
Gabriel

[davidep (Davide Principi)]

@GG_jr

My question is how will be the upgrade to NS 7 which came with some new things?

I think nobody knows how it will be at this moment.

@GG_jr

Because of that, it’s better to start with the new NS7 even if is Alpha version and I think that for this task everything it’s OK with this version, or to use NS 6.7 and the upgrade will be easy?

It’s too early to talk about ns7 on production… the upgrade path is unknown.

@GG_jr

I intend to unify my Zentyal Email Server (Multiple, “partial separate” domains email server) with the new NethServer 6.7 Email Server (for now, totally about 120 email domains with about 250 email accounts, and I hope to grow).

Did you evaluate an alternative, mail-oriented solution (like iRedMail)? NethServer is all-in-one, thus it could not be the right choice for your 120 mail domains scenario…

[GG_jr (Gabriel GHEORGHIU)]

@GG_jr

Multiple, “partial separate” domains email server

Hi Davide,

Thank you for your answer!

1. OK.
2. OK.
3. I have tried iRedMail. It’s better than Zentyal and NS for this task because is multiple complete separate domains email server, but the admin interface is poor (at least the free version). I used AXIGEN, but is free for maximum 100 email accounts, regardless of the number of domains.
   And I need an Open Source solution.
   And I like NS.
   And I will stay on NS 6.7 and will see what will be to do at that moment (the upgrade to NS 7). The administration of domains and email accounts is made by me and not by the customers.

Gabriel