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Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.1 - Web & Mail Server
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Allen D. Tate wrote:

> I am preparing to setup a FreeBSD 6.1 machine with Apache/MySQL/PHP for
> my web server and I am curious as to your thoughts on the best mail
> server to install and why. Any mail server I should steer clear from at
> all costs? Thanks in advance for your input.

software-wise :

dovecot + postfix + squirrelmail has proven to me to be the most
flexible and easiest to set up and maintain

hardware-wise :

depends on the amount of users + activity i think, the more RAM the
happier the setup for webmail