From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 5 19:39:08 2007 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 DBBCF16A419 for ; Wed, 5 Sep 2007 19:39:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from heli@mikestammer.com) Received: from smtp112.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com (smtp112.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.198.211]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8434313C45E for ; Wed, 5 Sep 2007 19:39:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from heli@mikestammer.com) Received: (qmail 55218 invoked from network); 5 Sep 2007 19:12:05 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.mikestammer.com) (mikestammer@sbcglobal.net@70.131.96.103 with login) by smtp112.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 5 Sep 2007 19:12:05 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: 3Ot2a6oVM1ny1WE32q8pZdSaqR0JASrPlQF2YdRR1wuZhhkH.SLOEGEpoww2w5wFAp_FdudPnQ-- Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.mikestammer.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D698B90B; Wed, 5 Sep 2007 14:12:14 -0500 (CDT) 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 BZsmWixx259q; Wed, 5 Sep 2007 14:12:02 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (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 25125B90D; Wed, 5 Sep 2007 14:12:01 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <46DEFF76.4070701@mikestammer.com> Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:11:50 -0500 From: Eric User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (Windows/20070604) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andrey Shuvikov References: <80f4f2b20709041503g3b3f85d1oa6a09b110ac31d7b@mail.gmail.com> <20070905155804.GE25281@ayvali.org> <24393ae80709051205j211b7ae4p54ea2f9d94b3c5e3@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <24393ae80709051205j211b7ae4p54ea2f9d94b3c5e3@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mail server setup questions 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, 05 Sep 2007 19:39:08 -0000 Andrey Shuvikov wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to set up a home mailserver with imap/web access. But I was > going to use exim. Several people mentioned postfix here, but nobody > named exim. Is it a matter of personal preference or is exim not > suitable for this task? > Exim is a capable mailer as is postfix. I think its mostly a matter of preference but I havent delved into Exim too much. Personally I run Postfix and Dovecot for my mail server setup. Roundcube does a nice job in providing a front end on the web for Dovecot. Eric