Date: Sun, 6 May 2012 06:41:08 -0400 From: Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Best mail setup for home server? Message-ID: <20120506064108.4a770231@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <4FA54566.6050106@gmail.com> References: <4FA54566.6050106@gmail.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
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. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________ The Wright Brothers weren't the first to fly. They were just the first not to crash.
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20120506064108.4a770231>