From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 29 23:56:01 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 09EB71065670 for ; Thu, 29 May 2008 23:56:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sahil@tandon.net) Received: from bulwark.hamla.org (bulwark.hamla.org [69.55.228.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEB068FC1A for ; Thu, 29 May 2008 23:56:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sahil@tandon.net) Received: from localhost (bulwark [69.55.228.210]) by bulwark.hamla.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFDDC1CD30; Thu, 29 May 2008 16:56:00 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: by ClamAV at bulwark.hamla.org Received: from bulwark.hamla.org ([69.55.228.210]) by localhost (bulwark.hamla.org [69.55.228.210]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id B7wtV8k7J5EV; Thu, 29 May 2008 16:55:57 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 19:55:55 -0400 From: Sahil Tandon To: Patrick Baldwin Message-ID: <20080529235555.GA49253@shepherd> Mail-Followup-To: Patrick Baldwin , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <483EE95F.8000509@studsvik.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <483EE95F.8000509@studsvik.com> 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 Reply-To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 23:56:01 -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. 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