Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 13:01:19 +0100 From: Armin Arh <armin@pubbox.net> To: Robin Becker <robin@reportlab.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: small mail server Message-ID: <20061221120118.GA713@pubbox.net> In-Reply-To: <45891D18.8010205@chamonix.reportlab.co.uk> References: <45891D18.8010205@chamonix.reportlab.co.uk>
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On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 11:23:04AM +0000, Robin Becker wrote: > I'm looking for some advice on using one of our existing freebsd 6.x > servers as > a mail server for a small number (<20) of users. > > Our existing provider gives us > > 1) pop3/IMAP for reading mail > 2) SMTP for sending, but we need to read mail before using smtp; I guess > this implies we don't need to authenticate directly. > 3) web based interface for adding users and redirections etc etc > 4) spam filtering (presumably based on their large user mail volume). > 5) white/grey listing I just want to let you know what i am doing about mail, maybe it's helpful: 1) I am using 'getmail' for my users which can't redirect their old addresses. Seems to operate rock solid so far. 2) Currently i run exim as MTA, but everyone is on its own here. Maybe sendmail has some extensions to do this POP before SMTP thing... (which i have turned off on my site, it's just ugly) I like exim for its clear yet powerful configuration. coupled with my postgres i have a central for user/pass and alias entries. IMAP server (courier-imap here) looks up in the postgres, too. 5) grey (or even the new hype: green) listing is a desperate attempt to block spam. I'll never use that. btw: My box provides an email platform for custom domains (free and easy) Armin -- PUBBOX Postmaster + spam-killer. Free email addresses at http://pubbox.net/
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