Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2020 08:00:41 -0500 From: Valeri Galtsev <galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu> To: User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: fresh server sendmail or postfix / webmail. Message-ID: <8BE900F5-0F90-45CB-80D7-6740AC3D7C38@kicp.uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: <20200917073741.214d3438@scorpio.seibercom.net> References: <MWHPR06MB3247706BA1E3F1C75810566C9A3E0@MWHPR06MB3247.namprd06.prod.outlook.com> <20200917073741.214d3438@scorpio.seibercom.net>
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> On Sep 17, 2020, at 6:37 AM, Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net> wrote: >=20 > On Thu, 17 Sep 2020 10:44:46 +0000, Marwan Sultan stated: >> Dear FreeBSDer, >>=20 >> Good day/evening. >>=20 >> I have up and running mail server with some web apps, server running >> since many years back until today (7-Release, =F0=9F=99=82 ) its time = to move to >> a new server! thank you freebsd! >>=20 >> for the new server: >> 1. >> is it really important to change MTA to postfix or any other MTA than >> sendmail ? or send mail is enough. (my existing old server is on >> sendmail) its a Mail server ! >>=20 >> if yes, is installing postfix from /ports enough? >>=20 >> 2. >> any recommendation for a webmail ? (maybe roundcube) ? >> (on my old server openwebmail works great! but unfortunately, its >> outdated) >=20 > Personally, I would recommend 'postfix'. It is actively being = developed > and its email forum is the best that I have seen. >=20 I too would recommend postfix. I use it since forever. As webmail I gave = my users choice: squirrelmail and roundcube. Spam filtering is a mus = (for us at lest), I set up maia with mysql backend for settings and = quarantene. Alas, I was unable to make quarantene part work qith = postgresql which would be my first choice. Maia allows per user spam = preferences. It has its integrated part spamassassing, and works with = virus scanners, and distributed spam databases. But installation, or = rather configuration is a bit finiky. IMAP part is dovecot. Good luck! Valeri > The applications itself is fairly easy to configure. If you need > something more complicated, the mail forum has lots of extremely > knowledgeable people who can assist you. If you need 'sasl' support, = and > you very likely do, then there is the /usr/ports/mail/postfix-sasl > port. Plus, posfix interacts perfectly with 'dovecot'. >=20 > --=20 > Jerry >=20 >=20
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