Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 06:29:41 -0700 From: "Ray" <ray@stilltech.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mail server recomendations (was: is the list the right place toask?) Message-ID: <WorldClient-F200702120629.AA29410041@stilltech.net> In-Reply-To: <006801c74d91$b0430f50$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> References: <WorldClient-F200702092055.AA55500035@stilltech.net><b34be8420702092216i13cb62dbu22e00cf0b8fb4e40@mail.gmail.com><WorldClient-F200702092333.AA33370037@stilltech.net> <200702100157.22538.lists@jnielsen.net> <006801c74d91$b0430f50$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645>
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-----Original Message----- From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "John Nielsen" <lists@jnielsen.net>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: Ray <ray@stilltech.net> Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 20:04:11 -0800 Subject: Re: Mail server recomendations (was: is the list the right place toask?) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Nielsen" <lists@jnielsen.net> > To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > Cc: "Ray" <ray@stilltech.net> > Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 10:57 PM > Subject: Re: Mail server recomendations (was: is the list the right > place > toask?) > > > > On Saturday 10 February 2007 01:33, Ray wrote: > > > I'm looking for a package (or set of packages) that would provide a > mail > > > server with the following capabilities > > > > > > minimally: > > > pop and smtp access that could handle 20 to 100 domains and 200 to > 2000 > > > mail boxes.(allowing some room for future growth) > > > > SMTP: sendmail is part of the base system and is pretty powerful but > has a > > steep learning curve. There are alternatives available in the ports, > one > of > > the more popular being postfix. Others such as qmail may also be > worth > > researching. > > > > I would caution anyone against using the alternatives. There are a lot > of > people > that use them successfully, but sendmail is far more popular in terms > of > total > installs - this is no doubt because it is used in the larger mail > servers on > the > Internet, and the alternatives are more used on home or small servers. > The > reason you want to use Sendmail is that once you learn how to use it, > that > is knowledge that you have a much higher chance of re-using in the > future. > Thanks for the pointer. Ray > > > > I use clamAV on my mailserver, works great and keeps itself > up-to-date > > pretty well. Easy integration with sendmail via a milter. For spam > you'll > > likely want a combination of techniques. SpamAssassin is a good > starting > > point. Also look at the DNS black- or greylisting features of your > SMTP > > program (I use a couple realtime DNS blacklists with sendmail). > > you can also use greylist-milter with sendmail, it works well. > > Ted > > _______________________________________________ > 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"
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