From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 30 18:17:48 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 C39CF1065672 for ; Fri, 30 May 2008 18:17:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists-fbsd@shadypond.com) Received: from mx-outbound01.easydns.com (mailout1.easydns.com [205.210.42.66]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B601F8FC28 for ; Fri, 30 May 2008 18:17:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists-fbsd@shadypond.com) Received: from guardian.shadypond.com (69-12-173-117.static.humboldt1.com [69.12.173.117]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx-outbound01.easydns.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30FC5487B9 for ; Fri, 30 May 2008 14:14:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: from slider.shadypond.com (slider.shadypond.com [192.168.1.11]) by guardian.shadypond.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DFFC419BC6 for ; Fri, 30 May 2008 18:17:44 +0000 (UTC) From: Pollywog To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 18:17:41 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.9 References: <483EE95F.8000509@studsvik.com> <48401F97.9010003@pixelhammer.com> <72E62274-D23A-4097-8908-678588DDBEDE@goldmark.org> In-Reply-To: <72E62274-D23A-4097-8908-678588DDBEDE@goldmark.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200805301817.42970.lists-fbsd@shadypond.com> 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 18:17:48 -0000 On Friday 30 May 2008 18:09:48 Jeffrey Goldberg wrote: > exim: If I were setting up a large complicated installation for say an > ISP or a mail hosting system, exim is what I would use. I've heard > people say that they didn't understand the configuration file, but I > don't see what the problem is. It is straight forward and direct. > You just need to remember that in some sections of the configuration > file, the order of directives matter. exim also has this built-in > procmail replacement (exim filters) in its mail delivery. Of course, > sieve has largely replaced the need for this. I have not used Exim with *BSD's but I used it with Debian at one time and it was easy to set up. More recently, the configuration became complicated, at least with Debian. So I stuck with Postfix.