Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 02:00:51 +0200 From: Geert Hendrickx <geert.hendrickx@ua.ac.be> To: Chris Smith <c.s@scratchmonkey.org.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: An easy virtual pop solution not involving qmail? Message-ID: <20040620000050.GA5563@lori.mine.nu> In-Reply-To: <Zen-1Bbp3N-0004TF-RW@pythagoras.zen.co.uk> References: <Zen-1Bbp3N-0004TF-RW@pythagoras.zen.co.uk>
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On Sun, Jun 20, 2004 at 12:15:30AM +0100, Chris Smith wrote: > Hi, > > I'm currently writing a proposal to replace our crapped out Redhat 9 web > server with FreeBSD 5-STABLE when it appears. In the process, I need to do > something with the mail server running on it. It's currently sendmail with > virtual domains and one user account per mailbox etc. Its performance is > piss poor and the users are complaining (there are 500 of the buggers and > they poll it all day and night). > > Is there an easier to manage solution that DOESN'T involve qmail where I > don't need to give users REAL accounts? I've seen several qmail-centric > documents floating around on the web but nothing concise and > straightforward. > > BTW - I'm not getting into a mail server religious war so don't even go > there ;-) > > Many Thanks, > > - Chris. Dovecot is an excellent and MTA-independant POP/IMAP-server, supporting virtual domains, virtual users, and various authentication mechanisms. Checkout ports/mail/dovecot or http://dovecot.procontrol.fi/ GH
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