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[76.182.104.150]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id n14sm22350829anl.11.2012.05.06.03.41.10 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 06 May 2012 03:41:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jerry@scorpio.seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3Vlk5c6f2Tz2CG46 for ; Sun, 6 May 2012 06:41:08 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 6 May 2012 06:41:08 -0400 From: Jerry To: FreeBSD Message-ID: <20120506064108.4a770231@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <4FA54566.6050106@gmail.com> References: <4FA54566.6050106@gmail.com> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.2) Face: 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 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQk2opSmS+pFvCRz1mNrFcrNuxqP1RLHQpOW+TDD0DC5KQLF23xXvjydaRnHqiJzpvg70tCF Subject: Re: Best mail setup for home server? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 May 2012 10:41:17 -0000 On Sat, 05 May 2012 10:21:10 -0500 Joshua Isom articulated: >I currently use my FreeBSD system as my generic unix server and some >coding, along with occasional multimedia. I'd installed postfix years >ago and kept using it. Right now, I use getmail with cron, dspam, and >dovecot to handle my gmail account. I've never set up outgoing mail >which makes changing email clients, or devices, annoying. Currently >postfix is set to use dovecot's deliver command so that dovecot can >sort and handle it. Before I deal with setting postfix to relay the >mail, dealing with firewalls and other possible issues, is there a >better alternative? I'd prefer that local mail "just works" even if I >lose internet, and any email that gets as far as my server will at >least eventually mail. The archlinux wiki seems to suggest ssmtp >doesn't work properly with attachments. Instead it recommends msmtp, >which requires an active internet connection to use. Dragonfly's dma >is local only to the computer and not the LAN. Are the only options >configuring sendmail or configuring postfix? If you only have a "dynamic" IP, you might want to investigate something like: "http://dyn.com/" or a similar service. Attempting to send mail from a dynamic IP will usually result in it being marked as Spam and discarded or just being outright refused by an up-line MTA. Personally, I would stick with Postfix, obviously the latest version. It is far easier to configure than Sendmail and you can actually speak with its author if a problem arises. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. 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