From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 7 06:34:07 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 20DEE16A421 for ; Fri, 7 Sep 2007 06:34:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA9DE13C46B for ; Fri, 7 Sep 2007 06:34:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from TEDSDESK (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id l876XxKh071135; Thu, 6 Sep 2007 23:33:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Eric Crist" , "Andrey Shuvikov" Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 23:34:40 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <6EBEFC5F-0727-4A91-A43E-0C638DC3FB52@gmail.com> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1896 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: Fri, 07 Sep 2007 06:34:07 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Eric Crist > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 1:21 PM > To: Andrey Shuvikov > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: mail server setup questions > > > 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. Just a quick nit to pick here - delivering to virtual mailboxes is the job of the local delivery agent, not Sendmail. Many people have written scripts that deliver mail to mySQL databases, etc. to support virtual mailboxes, that work with Sendmail just fine. The IMAP server also has nothing whatsoever to do with sendmail, or any mail transfer agent for that matter. By definition, it's a completely separate server. Ted