From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 19 23:08:44 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 328631065695 for ; Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:08:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr2.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr2.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A25EB8FC0A for ; Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:08:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from slackbox.erewhon.net (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr2.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o7JN8gDq092196; Fri, 20 Aug 2010 01:08:42 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.erewhon.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id EFDFBBAA1; Fri, 20 Aug 2010 01:08:41 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 01:08:41 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: Depo Catcher Message-ID: <20100819230841.GA40184@slackbox.erewhon.net> References: <4C6DB3DE.6080209@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ew6BAiZeqk4r7MaW" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4C6DB3DE.6080209@gmail.com> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: Freebsd questions Subject: Re: Mail and DNS setup 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: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:08:44 -0000 --ew6BAiZeqk4r7MaW Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 05:44:46PM -0500, Depo Catcher wrote: >=20 > I have a local box that downloads all my mail (~8 accounts) via fetchmail. > It's processed by sendmail/procmail and sorted into Maildir folder. > From there I retrieved via courier-imap (ssl) in Thunderbird. >=20 > This has worked well, but since it's been running there have been quite= =20 > a few security advisories in fetchmail, sendmail and procmail. > I'm not fond of any of their configs or syntax either, so won't mind=20 > trying some alternatives on my new server. If it ain't broken... > What would be a good procmail replacement? I've searched around, but=20 > couldn't find anything that provides the same functionality. > I have a lot of email so like to sort it into specific folders. IMO the best replacement for procmail is procmail. :-) > For sendmail, qmail looks like a good contender. Any others that I=20 > might consider? Generally it seems like a qmail is pretty solid? Postfix works well and is easy to configure. =20 > Also anything special I need to do to uninstall or get rid of sendmail=20 > on my system? Put the following in /etc/rc.conf; sendmail_enable=3D"NONE" To disable the building of sendmail next time you do a 'make buildworld', a= dd the following to /etc/src.conf; WITHOUT_SENDMAIL=3Dtrue > While we're at it, any alternatives to bind? We have a slow internet so= =20 > like to cache things locally. > Other than local lookup and caching, nothing else is needed. Here you go; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_DNS_server_software Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --ew6BAiZeqk4r7MaW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkxtuXkACgkQEnfvsMMhpyV81QCffrT0e8lr/2CI24i6O55fYprq On8An3qIn8aoEgwTMD41sSzsKCl7Ab0k =AB+6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ew6BAiZeqk4r7MaW--