From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 20 18:39:04 2010 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 7933E1065672 for ; Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:39:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from btillman99@yahoo.com) Received: from web36506.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web36506.mail.mud.yahoo.com [209.191.85.6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 41A3D8FC12 for ; Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:39:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 99974 invoked by uid 60001); 20 Jul 2010 18:39:03 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1279651143; bh=Ibq2eq1SW8bVl06+ItBYcfYGwgZIt9sV1buwx2HD1cA=; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=VNV31iEI0/cMthtqODBSbkfizNjEcGngbhum0SkhFouzGfn4+qgz971qhdVo6To/M+ASD4p/8XQIKQNBXoN9wNe+D1ON7lLKZrfu5bKErUzEMAD4rQYzAClaaGJIEkZfS9RyQlxwow+pXuIKCqmAY4iJV8EK306unTKgZBdEIXg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=OnD9W3bPvLRp5/1dM8kq2qjbOaWL/7L77oX+9YLyzrQSLeT8mscCCWVMNuWnK1du9HIPQRcJ/bu/8GR1oILz0i9F2vyCoFfhp3JKZ6/qIMJMUd/T28G9GY2rbKodiw9e8ArTFwhxTW6jEGKECptBd/CTUiq0UphmhrKkgog0FB4=; Message-ID: <565815.99693.qm@web36506.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: 1fBLqvwVM1lLDxYQ6kPXWb3AniI2Ijy.ESdotmXid.zyYrL RaLvQTu.GOwtZ1Nhj_BOpHVeKys6CEyYD3zqropXzvOwgkWqaenquQPXnDUw q2VNJ6VS.ArGSyUH0eDp.LqDSq9aEEJTmEDxbSqDYlrpFfNVPGfgSUt4cG2E qu9_Jynkxy3TxlN4oxtTAR3A502aWeB7VspgO_2PpOFyY08OedPDj90PN4wL Usme4UrifkLpBxObdIhMmpU.S_PKG9HQBjV8MRjPqMWmvaTlkp5aGnmR1Uym 1mfuyx6Zwc9sKpKOiWakMznrL3EYvbys8tvQXUOyAEA0- Received: from [98.242.233.74] by web36506.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:39:03 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailClassic/11.2.4 YahooMailWebService/0.8.104.276605 Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:39:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Bill Tillman To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: Help with setting up a mail server X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:39:04 -0000 Message: 24 Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:05:13 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister Subject: Re: Help with setting up a mail server To: Odhiambo Washington Cc: "Aryeh M. Friedman" , =A0=A0=A0 freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100720180513.GB46959@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3Diso-8859-1 On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 09:03:55PM +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 4:46 PM, Aryeh M. Friedman > wrote: > > On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:33:28 -0400 > > Jerry wrote: > > > >> On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:26:44 -0400 > >> Aryeh M. Friedman articulated: > >> > >> > I am a consultant and was retained by my client to setup qmail or > >> > exim on a VPS running 8.0-STABLE (i386). After setting up the DNS > >> > (A record and MX record) we have been unable to send or receive > >> > mail. The client has/had a working script for installing qmail on > >> > 7.1-STABLE but it seems to not work on 8.0-STABLE. They are using > >> > the same VPS provider who this 7.1-STABLE install script worked > >> > under. I have tried everything I can think of to make it work > >> > including asking obvious questions on -questions@. > >> > > >> > I informed the client that the task is likely beyond me capabilities > >> > but I would help recruit someone who would be able to do it at a > >> > reasonable fee paid to them (I am acting as a no cost middle man on > >> > this [I am helping the client for free since I was unable to get it > >> > done]). > >> > > >> > Please send any ideas and/or offers to do the job > >> > >> I would seriously suggest that you consider installing Postfix. It is > >> in the ports tree, is well maintained and works out of the box. The > >> Postfix forum will be glad to give you any advice you need for setting > >> up and securing your mail server. Qmail is no longer supported by its > >> author and can be a nightmare to maintain. > >> > > > > We had also tried sendmail and couldn't get that working either so I > > suspect it is a general config issue not a MTA one. =A0(I have set > > sendmail up about 30 times in the past so I know a little bit about it) >=20 > Exim is a very good choice. Forget the Postfix suggestions. It's > Sendmail's brother:-) Sendmail comes from a good family. ////jerry >=20 >=20 > --=20 > Best regards, > Odhiambo WASHINGTON, > Nairobi,KE > +254733744121/+254722743223 > _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ > "If you have nothing good to say about someone, just shut up!." > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=A0 -- Lucky Dube =A0 At the risk of starting a flame war, I think sendmail gets a bad rap. It's = not been the most widely used MTA for the last few decades because it sucks= . It's about personal preference. =A0 Now I know this may be redundant advice but I used to run an MTA and enjoye= d having the use of it and freedom to have my own mailserver at home. But a= las, the spammers have ruined that for all of us and almost every ISP out t= here will block port 25 by default. Even if they don't block port 25=A0it w= ill only be a matter of time before they detect your outgoing mail traffic = and then block you so that you're forced to purchase an add-on service to r= un your own MTA. They will use lame excuses that you've been blacklisted be= cause of spam. It's simply their way of making you cough up extra dough for= your service. This is one of the parts of the Internet that=A0I really hat= e and long for the good old days. =0A=0A=0A