From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 21 12:19:00 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93F4D16A566 for ; Thu, 21 Dec 2006 12:19:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from arminius@pubbox.net) Received: from pubbox.net (pubbox.net [81.169.167.142]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A9F013C4C2 for ; Thu, 21 Dec 2006 12:18:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from arminius@pubbox.net) Received: from e180107244.adsl.alicedsl.de ([85.180.107.244] helo=pubbox.net) by pubbox.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.60 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1GxMbm-000Dhc-JS; Thu, 21 Dec 2006 13:01:10 +0100 Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 13:01:19 +0100 From: Armin Arh To: Robin Becker Message-ID: <20061221120118.GA713@pubbox.net> References: <45891D18.8010205@chamonix.reportlab.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <45891D18.8010205@chamonix.reportlab.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: arminius@pubbox.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: small 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: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 12:19:01 -0000 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/