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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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