From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed Feb 28 8:30:53 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from web5410.mail.yahoo.com (web5410.mail.yahoo.com [216.115.106.202]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E5B2937B71A for ; Wed, 28 Feb 2001 08:30:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from henryammons@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20010228163049.34696.qmail@web5410.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [204.48.23.146] by web5410.mail.yahoo.com; Wed, 28 Feb 2001 08:30:49 PST Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 08:30:49 -0800 (PST) From: Henry Ammons Reply-To: henryammons@yahoo.com Subject: FreeBSD Server weekend To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Good Day. I am preparing to switch my personal web/email server over to FreeBSD (from W2K/Exchg) this weekend and had some quick (maybe political) questions that might help me to accomplish this exciting task. I have topically read a couple books and spent some time with the handbook and other online resources for the last several weeks in preparation for the build. I have also pre-built an extra pc as practice. My questions boil down to recommendations regarding what I should initially load to get the server up and running without overloading it with lots of extras (as my brief work with Mandrake demonstrated). The server is connected to the Internet via a DSL static ip connection and I initially want to provide the following services (no X): Web, Secure Telnet, Email, Secure FTP, and network software (NAT, firewall, proxy) I believe I will run qmail as my mail server, and Apache as the web server. Is there a list of software/binaries that you would recommend that provides a good balance between loading everything and a minimalist approach? Also, do you recommend the Novice installation from the sysinstall program? And lastly, what servers do you recommend for each service? I tried postfix in an earlier life (Linux), but kind of prefer qmail based only on what others have said (no personal experience). I sincerely appreciate your assistance and experience and look forward to the world of FreeBSD full-time, Thank you, Henry henryammons@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message