From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 5 20:20:59 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9D3A16A421 for ; Wed, 5 Sep 2007 20:20:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mnslinky@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71A3E13C469 for ; Wed, 5 Sep 2007 20:20:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mnslinky@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id u77so6304395pyb for ; Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:20:58 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type:message-id:cc:content-transfer-encoding:from:subject:date:to:x-mailer; b=OmoeWXEBMDbi/3osqvG/0C6ZErqK/qFMiUVQXOVo2tpmcpSp3Qj5SXbPCuaCK6RkiqCTAfHwlcdS43LZJCgHLtifaBDwJ1w9XUT7HnwfgxDJBGAgGLaHuwxpvHJf4yFA4iYFlrnXgRJ7a6wXjtPnenJX4w5NOoAtofOVoplH3+4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type:message-id:cc:content-transfer-encoding:from:subject:date:to:x-mailer; b=Wgrpq4ArOds97PELptavinky9QuYRrOj9aEGhnkWMuTYsGpWLHxjg3vtjwSY/OcYUFjFNUiWE78hvDTE7PkZM6+2cNXXV8U5USkOxotEencATVAN0PnKGCqDfwnhCtgAxI84VBXHCfDgG+ppREW22l+M//0op5hbwlTbnx+DNVc= Received: by 10.35.115.18 with SMTP id s18mr9098749pym.1189023658040; Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:20:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.1.3? ( [209.240.66.157]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id f6sm9440324pyh.2007.09.05.13.20.56 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:20:57 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <24393ae80709051205j211b7ae4p54ea2f9d94b3c5e3@mail.gmail.com> References: <80f4f2b20709041503g3b3f85d1oa6a09b110ac31d7b@mail.gmail.com> <20070905155804.GE25281@ayvali.org> <24393ae80709051205j211b7ae4p54ea2f9d94b3c5e3@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <6EBEFC5F-0727-4A91-A43E-0C638DC3FB52@gmail.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Eric Crist Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 15:20:54 -0500 To: Andrey Shuvikov X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mail server setup questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:20:59 -0000 On Sep 5, 2007, at 2:05 PMSep 5, 2007, Andrey Shuvikov wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to set up a home mailserver with imap/web access. But I was > going to use exim. Several people mentioned postfix here, but nobody > named exim. Is it a matter of personal preference or is exim not > suitable for this task? Andrey, I can't speak of exim or qmail, but I had used sendmail for nearly 10 years before switching to postfix. I switched was for support of virtual mail boxes, and better support for IMAP. Regardless of the software you choose, it's to your benefit to figure out what you want to do in the long run, and choose the software that is best going to allow you to achieve those goals. HTH ----- Eric F Crist Secure Computing Networks