From owner-freebsd-isp Sat Apr 13 13: 6:27 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from smtpout.mac.com (smtpout.mac.com [204.179.120.85]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4461737B404 for ; Sat, 13 Apr 2002 13:06:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp-relay01.mac.com (smtp-relay01-qfe3 [10.13.10.224]) by smtpout.mac.com (8.12.1/8.10.2/1.0) with ESMTP id g3DK6NFO029386 for ; Sat, 13 Apr 2002 13:06:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from asmtp01.mac.com ([10.13.10.65]) by smtp-relay01.mac.com (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15 relay01 Jun 21 2001 23:53:48) with ESMTP id GUIVUG00.TON for ; Sat, 13 Apr 2002 13:06:16 -0700 Received: from localhost ([207.6.134.194]) by asmtp01.mac.com (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15 asmtp01 Jun 21 2001 23:53:48) with ESMTP id GUIVUF00.DFP for ; Sat, 13 Apr 2002 13:06:15 -0700 Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 13:06:14 -0700 Subject: Secondary Mail Server?? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v481) From: Tom Wiebe To: isp@freebsd.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: <20020413133331.A99389@exuma.irbs.com> Message-Id: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.481) Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi there, Another simple question for the list, I hope. I also hope that this doesn' t start WW III, as I've noticed that people seem to have very strong feelings about mail server software. I'll be continuing to run my primary mail server on SIMS (Stalker Internet Mail Server) on a Macintosh for the time being (A very cool little mail server, solid, easy to admin and free like beer), but would like to move my secondary service onto one of my FreeBSD boxes. From what I've read so far, the configuration of Sendmail looks like something I want to stay away from. I'm primarily a graphic designer, so I want my admin tasks to be as light as possible. Postfix and Qmail both look interesting but I really don't have time to learn each of them right now and decide which to use. So, my question is, what email server can you recommend as a secondary server to pick up mail if my primary explodes/crashes/goes offline? It doesn't have to move hundreds of thousands of messages, just queue mail up and forward it on to my primary when it comes back up, without opening me up to abuse by spammers and the like. Ideally, I would be able to just turn it on and forget about it for a year or two. Is there such a thing, or am I dreaming? Any pointers appreciated. Tom Wiebe The Image Foundation http://www.imagefoundation.com/ (604) 688-3124 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message