From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 6 21:28:20 2012 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 C20EA106566C for ; Sun, 6 May 2012 21:28:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from DStaal@usa.net) Received: from mail.magehandbook.com (173-8-4-45-WashingtonDC.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [173.8.4.45]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 943A28FC14 for ; Sun, 6 May 2012 21:28:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.50] (Mac-Pro.magehandbook.com [192.168.1.50]) by mail.magehandbook.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3Vm0SF5DYGz49; Sun, 6 May 2012 17:28:13 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 06 May 2012 17:27:46 -0400 From: Daniel Staal To: Joshua Isom , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <4FA54566.6050106@gmail.com> References: <4FA54566.6050106@gmail.com> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.8 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Cc: Subject: Re: Best mail setup for home server? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD Questions List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 May 2012 21:28:20 -0000 --As of May 5, 2012 10:21:10 AM -0500, Joshua Isom is alleged to have said: > I currently use my FreeBSD system as my generic unix server and some > coding, along with occasional multimedia. I'd installed postfix years > ago and kept using it. Right now, I use getmail with cron, dspam, and > dovecot to handle my gmail account. I've never set up outgoing mail > which makes changing email clients, or devices, annoying. Currently > postfix is set to use dovecot's deliver command so that dovecot can sort > and handle it. Before I deal with setting postfix to relay the mail, > dealing with firewalls and other possible issues, is there a better > alternative? I'd prefer that local mail "just works" even if I lose > internet, and any email that gets as far as my server will at least > eventually mail. --As for the rest, it is mine. I've been using Postfix for a decade to do basically this; no major problems, and it doesn't take much to set up. No reason to go to something else. (Even for speed: I've used it for work on a site handling millions of messages a day...) As has been said, a local resolver will help. The thing to watch for is what mail you'll let it accept: It's moderately easy to set it up as an open relay, which you *don't* want to do. Accept from the local network is fine; I've never needed to set up authenticated sending from outside that, though I keep meaning to when I have some free time... The dynamic IP problem can be a hassle, and lead to weird losses of mail. My solution has just been to call the ISP and get a 'business' line, with a static IP, though forwarding to their mail relay would work as well. Daniel T. Staal --------------------------------------------------------------- This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of local copyright law. ---------------------------------------------------------------