From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 15 19:20:20 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FB1616A4CF for ; Thu, 15 Jan 2004 19:20:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from chen.org.nz (chen.org.nz [210.54.19.51]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80DBE43D1D for ; Thu, 15 Jan 2004 19:20:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jonc@chen.org.nz) Received: by chen.org.nz (Postfix, from userid 1000) id CE30413620; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 16:20:14 +1300 (NZDT) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 16:20:14 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen To: Eric F Crist Message-ID: <20040116032014.GC93061@grimoire.chen.org.nz> References: <200401152000.00111.ecrist@adtechintegrated.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200401152000.00111.ecrist@adtechintegrated.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mail server? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 03:20:20 -0000 On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 07:57:07PM -0600, Eric F Crist wrote: Content-Description: signed data > Hello list, > > I have not run a production mail server for quite some time, but I've now > outgrown what my ISP is willing and really able to provide. I have used > sendmail in the past, but was wondering if there's a better solution out > there? I've heard of qmail and considered it before. However, the sendmail > configuration has always seemed pretty straight-forward. If I stay with > sendmail, should I download and compile from sources? If you choose to go with sendmail, you should use the base-system's. It's pretty up to date with critical patches and the like. I personally prefer Postfix, which is also used by the mail-servers at FreeBSD.org. The UCE blocking support offered by it is pretty good, and configuration is straightforward. You don't even need to remove the base-system's MTA, just tweak rc.conf and mailer.conf and you're up and away. Cheers. -- Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.