From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 30 5:36:27 2002 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 505B737B400 for ; Fri, 30 Aug 2002 05:36:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.seattleFenix.net (seattleFenix.net [216.39.145.247]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 865AB43E3B for ; Fri, 30 Aug 2002 05:36:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from roo@mail.seattleFenix.net) Received: (from roo@localhost) by mail.seattleFenix.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g7UCYrH60843; Fri, 30 Aug 2002 05:34:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from roo) Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 05:34:52 -0700 From: Benjamin Krueger To: Unix Tools Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Jimmy Lantz Subject: Re: Email solution for freebsd? Message-ID: <20020830053452.H59566@mail.seattleFenix.net> References: <5.1.0.14.0.20020821110746.00bbddd8@mail.lusidor.nu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from unixtools@hotmail.com on Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 06:13:03AM +0530 X-PGP-Key: http://www.macguire.net/benjamin/public_key.asc Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Unix Tools (unixtools@hotmail.com) [020830 05:27]: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jimmy Lantz" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 02:43 PM > Subject: Email solution for freebsd? > > > > Hi, > > Does anyone know about a goog guide how to setup > > a pop/imap, SMTP, webmail? > > on fbsd 4.6 > > btw I run apache 1.3.26 > > TIA > > Jim. > > There are two ROBUST MTA's > 1) POSTFIX > 2) QMAIL > Depends upon your needs You may also wish to evaluate Sendmail and Exim. Both are considered by many to also be robust and flexible. Pop and Imap daemons will be more dependant on which MTA you choose, and how you store your mailboxes. One paper you might want to read is available at: http://www.horde.org/papers/Scalable_webmail_HOWTO.php Although I have not followed the recipe to create a webmail system, the ideas and software described seem sound, and the system seems believably scalable. Regards, -- Benjamin Krueger "Everyone has wings, some folks just don't know what they're for" - B. Banzai ---------------------------------------------------------------- Send mail w/ subject 'send public key' or query for (0x251A4B18) Fingerprint = A642 F299 C1C1 C828 F186 A851 CFF0 7711 251A 4B18 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message