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Date:      Thu, 29 May 2008 11:58:00 -0600
From:      Eric Zimmerman <heli@mikestammer.com>
To:        Patrick.Baldwin@studsvik.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Need to build a new mail server
Message-ID:  <483EEEA8.20202@mikestammer.com>
In-Reply-To: <483EE95F.8000509@studsvik.com>
References:  <483EE95F.8000509@studsvik.com>

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Patrick Baldwin wrote:
> Hi all, I've got an older Solaris system running Sendmail for my
> mail server right now.  It's about time to replace it, and I'm
> thinking FreeBSD might be the best choice of OS for the replacement.
> 
> However, it's been some time since I looked into options for mail
> servers.  I'm interested in both suggestions for hardware and mail
> servers that would make for the best FreeBSD based mail server.
> 
> I've only got about two dozen users, though they are all very heavy
> users of email.  I'm using IMAP, and I'd like to continue to do so.
> 
> Finally, we have quite a few aliases I'd want to port over to a
> new server.
> 
> Thanks,
> 

I like postfix + dovecot.  Easy to set up and both have a ton of 
features. any relatively modern hardware will do with that kind of volume.

your aliases shouldnt be a problem either.



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