From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 8 06:22:08 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 7737616A401 for ; Sat, 8 Apr 2006 06:22:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from scrappy@hub.org) Received: from hub.org (hub.org [200.46.204.220]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD0FE43D48 for ; Sat, 8 Apr 2006 06:22:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scrappy@hub.org) Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C69BF62C89E; Sat, 8 Apr 2006 03:22:05 -0300 (ADT) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org Received: from hub.org ([200.46.204.220]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id K8gk1jf9WQiG; Sat, 8 Apr 2006 03:21:56 -0300 (ADT) Received: from ganymede.hub.org (blk-222-82-85.eastlink.ca [24.222.82.85]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9041062C898; Sat, 8 Apr 2006 03:22:04 -0300 (ADT) Received: by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id C8F9639A99; Sat, 8 Apr 2006 03:22:11 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF5A4371CC; Sat, 8 Apr 2006 03:22:11 -0300 (ADT) Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2006 03:22:11 -0300 (ADT) From: "Marc G. Fournier" To: Duane Whitty In-Reply-To: <443731E5.9030209@greenmeadow.ca> Message-ID: <20060408032114.P947@ganymede.hub.org> References: <443731E5.9030209@greenmeadow.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OT - Scalable email server solution needed X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2006 06:22:08 -0000 Postfix + Cyrus IMAPd ... Cyrus IMAPd has built-in virtual domain support ... only solution I've used for almost 10 years now ... On Sat, 8 Apr 2006, Duane Whitty wrote: > Hi, > > My appologies in advance for the OT post. > This probably more appropriately belongs on ISP@ but > there doesn't seem to be much traffic there. > > To the point: I'm about to provide hosting services, > including but not limited to email, to a few local > business. Right now I have Sendmail configured > and I was about to install Courier-IMAP. My > concern is future scalability. I'm not sure sendmail > is the right back-end MTA. Right now Sendmail > and Procmail will work fine I believe with the addition > of an IMAP server. But what about later on? > > I was looking at DBmail but I'm not sure just how > much activity that project has so I'm a little leary, > but perhaps that's unjustified? So now > I'm considering Exim or POSFIX. The Sun Java > Communications Server looks appealing but unless > I misunderstood I don't have anywhere near the > bankroll for that yet and it doesn't look like a good > fit for a start-up operation anyhow. > > I like that POPular port and the way it uses proxies etc., > but it doesn't seem to support IMAP. > > Is there anyone on the list who might be serving many > business customers each with many users who would > be willing to share their insights or opinions on this? > > From my past experiences, transitioning from a low volume > solution to a high volume solution, regardless of the application > domain, is usually best solved by making the right choice in > the beginning. It would seem like an important marketing > tool as well. > > If I am way of base here or missing something really > important I'd appreciate the heads-up. > > Thanks in advance for any help. > > Sincerely, > > Duane > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664