From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 11 14:57:20 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CFCA10656B4 for ; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:57:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from identry@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f206.google.com (mail-ew0-f206.google.com [209.85.219.206]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F10498FC4E for ; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:57:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy2 with SMTP id 2so3769822ewy.43 for ; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:57:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:reply-to:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=6JE6tBu0lyUwxuh+T4dWlDi1INR6b+vhDRqWgeA+vW8=; b=aX2EfqVBKHPBdB9Tgxb6yndltkGf0fJmNVVBfqQYJ65uSqL4Q/IYoSSYYdnpU8SilO v4Ucm1q/A/ifiCyEiXJNwOg6yJIA42gjR4eEd5/On+cck9yM5I6EcH/jbozWtPK6ne9S 2wsZG+3xJVgD8XT5WiRClf7PZ0fssJxPBvOfY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=WdeuusyaNV/AOEej9v18dpDD05AOciOo0CuXj4pBTJ88sMwUIRwFoXLVVUWJMe6KWD mDAD2PxZ8QzvqASr1kHBl8fWGCzpZiD0H/kNXMIBA73MFS76l7/RYfRjq/0GkZabrSpB /X3nK/2YNdKzMTLRKnreC14xwOUkC44EQDII0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.48.1 with SMTP id u1mr1275763web.189.1250002635901; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:57:15 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4A810D78.4000308@c7f.de> References: <4d4e09680908100838h6d42432fwd0ec9a10d145b809@mail.gmail.com> <4A810D78.4000308@c7f.de> Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:57:15 -0400 Message-ID: <4d4e09680908110757yc426961k28e8744097117fe@mail.gmail.com> From: Identry To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: toaster or do-it-myself? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: jalmberg@identry.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:57:20 -0000 > there is a great guide for installing qmail: > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0http://www.lifewithqmail.org/ > Of course, it just explains the technical steps for installing qmail, > not mailserver setups in general (nevertheless there are some links > about relaying etc.) That's one of the docs that I was working from yesterday. I also have the O'Reilly Qmail book. Actually, I got qmail running fairly quickly using the procedures in the O'Reilly book. Unfortunately, it died and I then spent about 10 hours trying to figure out what the problem was. Well, I never did figure it out and I'm not ashamed to say that I've given up trying. Life's too short. I'm outsourcing the problem to a email service provider. I realized that running an email server properly is a full time job, and I already have 14 full time jobs. Eventually, you just have to say "Enough!" and let someone else handle some of the work. I've been hoping to have something useful to contribute to this forum. That's a lesson well worth passing on, I think! -- John