From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 30 15:35:18 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 A6543106566B for ; Fri, 30 May 2008 15:35:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from outbackdingo@gmail.com) Received: from ti-out-0910.google.com (ti-out-0910.google.com [209.85.142.184]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 373FC8FC0A for ; Fri, 30 May 2008 15:35:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from outbackdingo@gmail.com) Received: by ti-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id d27so2682047tid.3 for ; Fri, 30 May 2008 08:35:16 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=UzVkf6dJNgOUaA4Sq0RGJo7hQi8IlzlYqA3GwVYqoiU=; b=lGPV9CPA+0XaAGOZfQOVuUt75tW/3az1M8v678xjFj5VuRHeXrFAIMhJO9Y4K+9rDFDKWbL1CZBlHXnP2+1wL3yDlON0AM3mQ1DhpQjk+2RgkW7YgAAXW35PD/+srCrIjKAT6A1s2DBcjBiOoiungF4BQUODrgi5G8GLVJUiPxc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=sKY5LnJFc9JPR+UrJxNJanGjSJRLGSR7anxG6ZoavVm3kJb6dsyz8c7kVewlQH2NVGDBFU9kxh/ZKxVCpRsVn9QvbaCEdmLviBRCldB55o4ghLR/BVn8malUSJDmzyRsLvjE24jnSMzFnC1sC6FygupxtBEpHH8+VhOwvW6kmfc= Received: by 10.110.63.6 with SMTP id l6mr748314tia.4.1212161716747; Fri, 30 May 2008 08:35:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.110.103.4 with HTTP; Fri, 30 May 2008 08:35:16 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <5635aa0d0805300835s2909ea5bi77f28aa5b4abe6b5@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 22:35:16 +0700 From: "Outback Dingo" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Patrick.Baldwin@studsvik.com In-Reply-To: <200805301505.m4UF5Brl012043@lurza.secnetix.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <483EE95F.8000509@studsvik.com> <200805301505.m4UF5Brl012043@lurza.secnetix.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: Need to build a new mail server 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: Fri, 30 May 2008 15:35:18 -0000 Postfix rules, Dovecot or cyrus, though dovecot seems more managable my take running an ISP based mail system Postfix Definately Qmail, its ok, in most cases scenerios Exim - No way and Dovecot or Cyrus for imaps/imap On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 10:05 PM, Oliver Fromme wrote: > 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, Gesch=E4ftsfuehrun= g: > secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht M=FC= n- > chen, HRB 125758, Gesch=E4ftsf=FChrer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Geb= hart > > FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd > > C++: "an octopus made by nailing extra legs onto a dog" > -- Steve Taylor, 1998 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >