I was a ClearOS NAS user from ~2013 until 2022 when I finally powered down my last home-build NAS and went with a commercial SOHO product. Not the point here, other than to say I DO have experience with ClearOS and I was a CentOS user from CentOS1 - CentOS7 on both Intel and ARM.
I have been running my own mailserver on an ARM box since 2014 and I am at the age where it is time to stop messing around. I have looked for something off-the-shelf that would meet my multi-domain needs and am kind of focusing on iRedMail, but what RAID1 box and what flavour of CentOS (or turnkey).
So I have pretty much decided that an HP Proliant gen10 Microserver would best fit my hardware needs. SUPPRISE! HPE is ClearOS!
Can I thus not roll and do the OS support myself (e.g. AlmaLinux)?
But I need a solid multi-domain email solution. that is the ONLY use for this box.
can I run iRedMail, or will what is available in the HPE ClearOS provide what I need. For reference, here is what I have done:
http://medon.htt-consult.com/Centos7-mailserver.html
I DON'T want to do this anymore. I want to drop in mail and just admin it.
thanks
I have been running my own mailserver on an ARM box since 2014 and I am at the age where it is time to stop messing around. I have looked for something off-the-shelf that would meet my multi-domain needs and am kind of focusing on iRedMail, but what RAID1 box and what flavour of CentOS (or turnkey).
So I have pretty much decided that an HP Proliant gen10 Microserver would best fit my hardware needs. SUPPRISE! HPE is ClearOS!
Can I thus not roll and do the OS support myself (e.g. AlmaLinux)?
But I need a solid multi-domain email solution. that is the ONLY use for this box.
can I run iRedMail, or will what is available in the HPE ClearOS provide what I need. For reference, here is what I have done:
http://medon.htt-consult.com/Centos7-mailserver.html
I DON'T want to do this anymore. I want to drop in mail and just admin it.
thanks
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I ended up ordering a gen10 plus for $660 off Amazon. The gen10 for $330 seems to have problems actually ordering it. Seller's lose.
I really don't see value in using ClearOS for this application. I don't have a clear information on its email service compared to iRedMail and if it is still CentOS7 based, well I will go with AlmaLinux 9...
Good to see you all again, but my old ClearOS6 server is off, and I will probably wipe the drive then toss it into my spares bin. then hardware is a 10+-yearold Lenovo SFF, heading to recycling. -
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I have no issue with using hardware which is out of support; been doing it for decades. Afterall, the current hardware will be out of support during the life of the mail server in all likelihood.
For example, CVE-2020-24511 is for an authorized user gaining more privileges. With a mail server, there is only the server userids and admin that could do a lot more stuff.
Security is never ending; it keeps me employed. Keeping the OS current and minimizing exposures there are more the issue and why I may be interested in ClearOS, or go with AlmaLinux.
And if I do this right this time, if needed, I can build a new server with the OS on the OS RAID1 drives and 'just' migrate the data drives.
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