Email solution for VPS newbie
I've figured out how to get web sites running with Nginx, but getting email to work is MUCH more difficult. The solutions I've tried so far are:
1. Postfix/Dovecot/MySQL + a web interface: I was able to get Postfix/Dovecot/MySQL to work without error messages, but I wasn't able to get SquirrelMail working, and I was unable to access my email through my email client.
2. Citadel: I was attracted to this solution, because it promises everything that Option #1 offers. Unfortunately, I'm unable to get the admin interface to show up in my browser. (Is there a comprehensive solution to this? It seems that every web page on this that I tried was missing some important details, such as what settings to use in the /etc/nginx/sites-available/mydomain1.com page.)
Is there an easier alternative to the above two solutions for creating my own email server?
Unless I'm able to get one of the above two solutions to work, it looks like I need to use an outside email provider. Which ones offer catch-all emails for a domain? (I use
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For managed email hosting, apart from the providers you mentioned, you can also try using rackspace email.