From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 29 18:19:31 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 222341065670 for ; Thu, 29 May 2008 18:19:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from heli@mikestammer.com) Received: from mho-01-bos.mailhop.org (mho-01-bos.mailhop.org [63.208.196.178]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA5B88FC17 for ; Thu, 29 May 2008 18:19:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from heli@mikestammer.com) Received: from vdsl-151-118-132-54.dnvr.qwest.net ([151.118.132.54] helo=mail.mikestammer.com) by mho-01-bos.mailhop.org with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1K1mON-0006Yw-7S; Thu, 29 May 2008 17:58:23 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.mikestammer.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C254FB971; Thu, 29 May 2008 11:58:21 -0600 (MDT) X-Mail-Handler: MailHop Outbound by DynDNS X-Originating-IP: 151.118.132.54 X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse@dyndns.com (see http://www.mailhop.org/outbound/abuse.html for abuse reporting information) X-MHO-User: U2FsdGVkX18k6OqFK5PduYjaQMF8nd1q0SRXt6Mo5tQ= X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mikestammer.com Received: from mail.mikestammer.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (gondolin.middleearth.mikestammer.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id AuyD+UP2PHSS; Thu, 29 May 2008 11:58:21 -0600 (MDT) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (unknown [128.241.109.42]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: eric) by mail.mikestammer.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BE503B87C; Thu, 29 May 2008 11:58:20 -0600 (MDT) Message-ID: <483EEEA8.20202@mikestammer.com> Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 11:58:00 -0600 From: Eric Zimmerman User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Windows/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Patrick.Baldwin@studsvik.com References: <483EE95F.8000509@studsvik.com> In-Reply-To: <483EE95F.8000509@studsvik.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Need to build a new mail server 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: Thu, 29 May 2008 18:19:31 -0000 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.