From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 14 16:44:38 2009 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 574D81065670 for ; Sat, 14 Feb 2009 16:44:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 100348FC14 for ; Sat, 14 Feb 2009 16:44:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1LYNd5-00078m-Kd for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 14 Feb 2009 16:44:35 +0000 Received: from pool-70-21-23-175.res.east.verizon.net ([70.21.23.175]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 14 Feb 2009 16:44:35 +0000 Received: from nightrecon by pool-70-21-23-175.res.east.verizon.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 14 Feb 2009 16:44:35 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Michael Powell Followup-To: gmane.os.freebsd.questions Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 11:44:57 -0500 Lines: 33 Message-ID: References: <49979AE7.6050606@missionaccess.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pool-70-21-23-175.res.east.verizon.net User-Agent: KNode/0.99.01 Sender: news Subject: Re: Recommendations for running FreeBSD as a guest OS X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: nightrecon@verizon.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 16:44:38 -0000 Bobby Walker wrote: > I have a small network at work that, unfortunately, uses Windows 2003. > I need a good mail server, but I do not have a budget for purchasing > additional software. Exchange requires too many hacks to configure a > catchall email account, and Exchange and I do not get along very well. > So, today while brainstorming, I thought why not run FreeBSD as a guest > OS on the box. Any suggestions for the best way of doing this? > Another options may be to just use the smtp and pop3 that comes with Win2K3. You'll see these in the "Add/Remove Windows Components" under "Add or Remove Software" of Control Panel. These were previously on the Options Pack CD from which you installed IIS, but when Win2K3 came out they were added. May not fit your requirements. But it is free and Exchange is high $dollar and in many situations is overkill. Postfix in a VM might suffice for a small load. Free: http://www.vmware.com/products/server/ The main problem I see is the default networking situation in most VM installs is NAT. This allows outbound/return traffic but will block incoming connection attempts. There are three different networking configurations you can choose from, and the one you want is bridge. It's also the most difficult to configure. I've used VirtualBox on a Linux machine for a while now but it's quite possible the VMware Server may be a little more mature for use on a Windows box. YMMV -Mike