Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 23:34:40 -0700 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Eric Crist" <mnslinky@gmail.com>, "Andrey Shuvikov" <mr.hyro@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: mail server setup questions Message-ID: <BMEDLGAENEKCJFGODFOCCEFJCAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <6EBEFC5F-0727-4A91-A43E-0C638DC3FB52@gmail.com>
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> -----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
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