From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 31 02:03:00 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 907101065670 for ; Sat, 31 May 2008 02:03:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from mailout.zetnet.co.uk (mailout.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.47.231]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B9438FC16 for ; Sat, 31 May 2008 02:02:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from irwell.zetnet.co.uk ([194.247.47.48] helo=zetnet.co.uk) by mailout.zetnet.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1K2GQs-0006Ig-Nl; Sat, 31 May 2008 03:02:58 +0100 Received: from melon.esperance-linux.co.uk (54-144.adsl.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.54.144]) by zetnet.co.uk (8.14.1/8.14.1/Debian-9) with ESMTP id m4V22vSW002663; Sat, 31 May 2008 03:02:58 +0100 Received: by melon.esperance-linux.co.uk (Postfix, from userid 1001) id C1909FCA4AF; Sat, 31 May 2008 03:02:52 +0100 (BST) Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 03:02:52 +0100 From: Frank Shute To: Bob Johnson Message-ID: <20080531020252.GB44404@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Bob Johnson , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <483EE95F.8000509@studsvik.com> <483FAD90.6010101@extracktor.com> <484013A7.6020507@mikestammer.com> <48401F97.9010003@pixelhammer.com> <54db43990805301309q6345aa6dy78546deda8327293@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <54db43990805301309q6345aa6dy78546deda8327293@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Face: *}~{PHnDTzvXPe'wl_-f%!@+r5; VLhb':*DsX%wEOPg\fDrXWQJf|2\,92"DdS%63t*BHDyQ|OWo@Gfjcd72eaN!4%NE{0]p)ihQ1MyFNtWL X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE-p2 i386 X-Organisation: 'Esperance Linux' X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (zetnet.co.uk [194.247.46.1]); Sat, 31 May 2008 03:02:58 +0100 (BST) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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: Frank Shute List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 02:03:00 -0000 On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 04:09:25PM -0400, Bob Johnson wrote: > > > I agree. No one should use Qmail unless they have read and completely > understand every email-related RFC and have at least two years of > experience running a commercial mail server. Amateurs shouldn't even > consider it. I used Qmail for the best part of 10 years as an amateur. It was moderately hard for me to first set up, it required me to read a lot of docs and manpages but no RFCs. I compiled and installed from source. It was still easier than Sendmail back then. It was install and forget. I started with qmail-1.03 and finished with qmail-1.03. I didn't like the FreeBSD port, so when I got my new domain I switched to Postfix. > > Please, use anything but Qmail. It sprays backscatter spam all over > the internet. Nonsense. As a receiver of backscatter on one of my domains running into thousands, I can tell you most of it comes from misconfigured anti-spam systems. More rarely from MTAs of all varieties. As to the original posters question, he should stick to Sendmail on the assumption he already knows it, as it's part of the base system. If he's looking for something else, then Postfix is pretty simple to set up (good docs at it's homesite) and has a good security record. Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html