From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 30 15:05:13 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 54CA2106566C for ; Fri, 30 May 2008 15:05:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (unknown [IPv6:2a01:170:102f::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFFA78FC19 for ; Fri, 30 May 2008 15:05:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m4UF5Bcx012044; Fri, 30 May 2008 17:05:11 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id m4UF5Brl012043; Fri, 30 May 2008 17:05:11 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from olli) Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 17:05:11 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <200805301505.m4UF5Brl012043@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Patrick.Baldwin@studsvik.com In-Reply-To: <483EE95F.8000509@studsvik.com> X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-questions User-Agent: tin/1.8.3-20070201 ("Scotasay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/6.2-STABLE-20070808 (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.2 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Fri, 30 May 2008 17:05:11 +0200 (CEST) Cc: 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, Patrick.Baldwin@studsvik.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 15:05:13 -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. > > 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. > > Finally, we have quite a few aliases I'd want to port over to a > new server. I also recommend dovecot. I'm using it for several years without a problem, and it was quite simple to setup. I'm using it with sendmail, though (not postfix), because I've been using sendmail for almost 20 years and haven't had a reason to switch. If you're already familiar with sendmail on Solaris, then I recommend you continue using sendmail on FreeBSD (it's the default MTA that comes with the base system). Having said that, Postfix _is_ a very good MTA, I'm using it at work. If you're willing to switch and invest a little bit of time learning something new, then Postfix is certainly a good choice. It's quite easy to install Postfix from the ports collection. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd C++: "an octopus made by nailing extra legs onto a dog" -- Steve Taylor, 1998