From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 2 09:57:15 2005 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 B600A16A4CE for ; Sat, 2 Apr 2005 09:57:15 +0000 (GMT) Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.195]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 206AB43D54 for ; Sat, 2 Apr 2005 09:57:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pergesu@gmail.com) Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 69so1081158wri for ; Sat, 02 Apr 2005 01:57:14 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=IkNZ7IacRq7XmhuqKguEcSriuhQoObQX2SNxXhxzZhpJwmI/TukcUleJT2CGmK3/Bg7UBm8Joyvk6Gna64CvUBtlroeQDy0yNSuweKYT4bRnDvIPZnDjiI2a4S495nF4uHVa4ER/hS0R+t4BrSrTNCmbo7uKYMI/oYV0lsrW9zw= Received: by 10.54.25.22 with SMTP id 22mr654867wry; Sat, 02 Apr 2005 01:57:14 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.54.42.28 with HTTP; Sat, 2 Apr 2005 01:57:14 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <810a540e0504020157786d9696@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 02:57:14 -0700 From: Pat Maddox To: FreeBSD Questions In-Reply-To: <000001c53763$b1a9ea80$9900000a@ZGISH> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <000001c53763$b1a9ea80$9900000a@ZGISH> Subject: Re: Which mail server is the best for me? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Pat Maddox List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 02 Apr 2005 09:57:15 -0000 I think it'd be worth it to check out postfix. sendmail is insecure, and qmail is just too much of a pain in the ass to get working. postfix can take a bit of time, but it runs well once you've got it working. The only thing I've found is that whenever I upgrade ports, it breaks. It's actually something things it depends on (authlibmysql, authdaemon) that break, because certain config files get overwritten. Never figured that out, and it always causes me a headache when I upgrade. On Apr 2, 2005 2:09 AM, Kiffin Gish wrote: > I would like to setup a mail server but am a little confused about whether > to use sendmail, qmail, postfix or whatever. Basically my web server is a > simple one to be used for personal use with maybe no more than a 10-20 mail > accounts. > > What are the advantages and/or disadvantages of each choice, and where can I > find more information comparing them? > > -- > > Kiffin Rex Gish > Gouda, The Netherlands > > > _______________________________________________ > 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" > > >