From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 27 18:10:28 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C950716A41F for ; Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:10:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kend@amigo.net) Received: from mx.amigo.net (mx.amigo.net [209.94.64.31]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A89F013C457 for ; Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:10:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kend@amigo.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail2.amigo.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 800AABF4E5; Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:49:46 -0600 (MDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at amigo.net Received: from mx.amigo.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail2.amigo.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 769nE3mOUTts; Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:49:46 -0600 (MDT) Received: from [192.168.1.27] (billing.amigo.net [209.94.67.250]) by mail2.amigo.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 329E5BF4E4; Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:49:46 -0600 (MDT) Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:49:45 -0600 From: Kenny Dail To: Barnaby Scott In-Reply-To: <46822D9C.3010400@waywood.co.uk> References: <46822D9C.3010400@waywood.co.uk> Message-Id: <20070627114133.302C.KEND@amigo.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Becky! ver. 2.31 [en] Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gradual move to own mail server - strategy for noob 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, 27 Jun 2007 18:10:28 -0000 > Configure Sendmail, which I accepted as the default mailer > Install Procmail to deliver messages in Maildir format (to users' home > directories?) > Install Courier IMAP as the IMAP server > Have I got this about right? Do I really need 4 separate tools to do > this? Have I overlooked something more obvious/elegant? Where are my big > pitfalls going to be? For a new person, Sendmail and Procmail is a difficult mail system to learn (IMO). If you want to use Courier IMAP, you might look at using the full Courier suite it has the simplicity of doing everything in one package. I currently much prefer using Dovecot for IMAP, and Postfix for MTA. They are both quite easy to set up and customize to fit changing needs. -- Kenny Dail