From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 29 19:59:15 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 1C5E8106566C for ; Thu, 29 May 2008 19:59:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from odhiambo@gmail.com) Received: from ti-out-0910.google.com (ti-out-0910.google.com [209.85.142.187]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FB518FC0A for ; Thu, 29 May 2008 19:59:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from odhiambo@gmail.com) Received: by ti-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id d27so2470547tid.3 for ; Thu, 29 May 2008 12:59:13 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=G3LVHJS+ohjGAVpHJeq9uq9WPeyvf2orXkzpXqFJqc8=; b=u7CGNkiuNpF4RnCBMPe34/+R9WVtLRZQE4G8MEWm/6OZBUa45EiVCtZWZEnsU3QQ7UkkIsIVlMr6+FT1U01wYt3iet4aGRPEDNrLEk+lzsdTvyzwNQqYqX/e1eIX5wYl8ohMChntZb1e7I6lS2txVYS4JQxparYXIsXIRJn+af4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=aESE6SX0Ujpsdkmy5UyT1tW1j2IpNHHvDLzcRFkv6me4yBhZzXPR1JiPk2RP0u260bPX/wtbZMv4JkVYveNqWtNjLi64bkAZ3YJDIc3ynDlRIfkmEPPnXr+iL1YpdUvtl7gPB8N3L8aOS5TwnHvSvdpAnnQUvvj9suZ852XR7B4= Received: by 10.150.229.16 with SMTP id b16mr1013065ybh.123.1212091151787; Thu, 29 May 2008 12:59:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.150.219.9 with HTTP; Thu, 29 May 2008 12:59:11 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <991123400805291259r32ba49b2xd18babc232e6bb6b@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 22:59:11 +0300 From: "Odhiambo Washington" To: "Jerry McAllister" In-Reply-To: <20080529195221.GA38690@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <483EE95F.8000509@studsvik.com> <20080529195221.GA38690@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Patrick Baldwin , 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 19:59:15 -0000 On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 10:52 PM, Jerry McAllister wrote: > On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 01:35:27PM -0400, 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. > > Given that, a FreeBSD system could be almost a drop-in replacement. > Sendmail should be the same or very nearly so (depends on the version > you are using now and the nre version). Aliases should work just > the same. Your only differences might be in where some things > live. But, check out the hier(7) man page in FreeBSD. It > documents the FreeBSD directory conventions. > > There are other MTAs and other utilities available to experiment with. > But, if you are comfortable with sendmail, there is no reason to change. > It is mature and very functional; does what you need. A modern > machine with FreeBSD 7.x should handle large numbers of Email users - > even heavy users. > > ////jerry > The only perfect answer! We should all clap for you for giving this answer. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "Oh My God! They killed init! You Bastards!" --from a /. post