Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2016 11:49:57 -0400 From: Mike <the.lists@mgm51.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Need advice for setting up mail server Message-ID: <1629633b-c8a7-6181-446b-528b6357b262@mgm51.com> In-Reply-To: <20160807153031.GB9178@len-t420.klaas> References: <VI1PR02MB0974A0FB1361638BDD437043F61A0@VI1PR02MB0974.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> <20160807153031.GB9178@len-t420.klaas>
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On 8/7/2016 11:30 AM, Niklaas Baudet von Gersdorff wrote: > Manish Jain [2016-08-07 15:24 +0000] : > >> I am looking for a good advice for some easy-to-setup mail >> server solution for FreeBSD 10.3. Is qmail still the easiest >> thing to set up for mail, or there is something better than >> that ? I keep security concerns for the mail server solution at >> a low level - fo r me, the thing has to be easy to set up and >> maintain, rather than worry too much about eavesdropping/MITM. > > I'm not a professional but was able to set-up a Postfix system > with Dovecot IMAP and LMTP. I guess, it depends on what you need; > maybe OpenSMTPD is a solution for you. I got quite interested > into the project. As far as I can judge it's easy to set up for > a simple set-up. > > However, I don't have a lot of experience i.e. I've never tried > neither qmail nor the traditional sendmail. > I second Postfix as the MTA. Easy to set up and most excellent documentation, with a very helpful support mailing list. I use Dovecot for my personal email, and I found it relatively easy to set up and very flexible.
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