From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 11 19:22:20 2003 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 DB63137B401 for ; Fri, 11 Jul 2003 19:22:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from adsl-64-161-78-226.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net (adsl-64-161-78-226.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net [64.161.78.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 34CB343F75 for ; Fri, 11 Jul 2003 19:22:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from oremanj@adsl-64-161-78-226.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net) Received: (qmail 1765 invoked by uid 1001); 12 Jul 2003 02:22:32 -0000 Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 19:22:32 -0700 From: Joshua Oreman To: Chris Message-ID: <20030712022232.GA1696@webserver.get-linux.org> References: <200307112105.05099.racerx@makeworld.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200307112105.05099.racerx@makeworld.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mail server (was: no subject) 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: Sat, 12 Jul 2003 02:22:21 -0000 On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 09:05:05PM -0500 or thereabouts, Chris wrote: > I would like to do a mail server. Please uggest a safe, secure way of doint > mail via smtp and pop. I don't want to use any sorta webmail. You have 4 big choices as far as SMTP goes: 1) sendmail. The ubiquitous MTA; included w/FreeBSD; somewhat difficult to configure (though *much* better now than it once was); notoriously insecure (though still quite good), quite reliable. 2) Postfix. In ports; good alternative to Sendmail; probably the second most common MTA; simple to configure; secure but not bulletproof; reliable. 3) Exim. In ports; very similar to Sendmail (though much easier to configure); not as common as the others; secure but not bulletproof; reliable enough (I haven't used it, at least not for very long). 4) qmail. In ports; pretty much bulletproof (the author will give you $500 if you find an eexploitable hole); not much configuration to do; building it is a bit "different" (but the port helps you there); probably has the best support for the new Maildir format; quite unlike Sendmail in several ways; extremely reliable. My favorites: qmail, then Postfix, then Sendmail, then Exim. (I use qmail currently.) For POP, you could either use qmail-pop3d or qpopper. I'm sure there are others but those are good. (Note that qpopper 2.53 has some security bugs; make sure you use at least 3.0). -- Josh > > TIA > -- > > Best regards, > Chris > ______________________________________________________________________ > > PGP Fingerprint = D976 2575 D0B4 E4B0 45CC AA09 0F93 FF80 C01B C363 > > PGP Mail encouraged / preferred - keys available on common key servers > ______________________________________________________________________ > 01010010011000010110001101100101011100100101100000000000 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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"