Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 19:55:55 -0400 From: Sahil Tandon <sahil@tandon.net> To: Patrick Baldwin <Patrick.Baldwin@studsvik.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Need to build a new mail server Message-ID: <20080529235555.GA49253@shepherd> In-Reply-To: <483EE95F.8000509@studsvik.com> References: <483EE95F.8000509@studsvik.com>
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Patrick Baldwin <Patrick.Baldwin@studsvik.com> 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.
FreeBSD == good choice. :)
> 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.
That's a small user base, so you don't "need" to invest much in hardware.
For the server, I highly recommend Postfix.
> Finally, we have quite a few aliases I'd want to port over to a
> new server.
That should be fairly straightforward; for hints, see the mailing list
archive for your MTA, or ask them the question.
--
Sahil Tandon <sahil@tandon.net>
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