From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 6 12:57:49 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 2EBE216A419 for ; Thu, 6 Sep 2007 12:57:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA41F13C459 for ; Thu, 6 Sep 2007 12:57:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from TEDSDESK (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id l86CvlQ8064611; Thu, 6 Sep 2007 05:57:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Eric" , "Andrey Shuvikov" Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 05:58:20 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <46DEFF76.4070701@mikestammer.com> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1896 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: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:57:49 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Eric > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 12:12 PM > To: Andrey Shuvikov > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: mail server setup questions > > > 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. > Roundcube has an interesting Macalike interface (Mac users love it) but it has it's problems. For one thing it doesen't display properly on many web browsers. Unfortunately, with webmail interfaces, you have to pick the problems you want to deal with, none of them are without warts. Ted