Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 16:20:14 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: Eric F Crist <ecrist@adtechintegrated.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mail server? Message-ID: <20040116032014.GC93061@grimoire.chen.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <200401152000.00111.ecrist@adtechintegrated.com> References: <200401152000.00111.ecrist@adtechintegrated.com>
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On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 07:57:07PM -0600, Eric F Crist wrote:
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> Hello list,
>
> I have not run a production mail server for quite some time, but I've now
> outgrown what my ISP is willing and really able to provide. I have used
> sendmail in the past, but was wondering if there's a better solution out
> there? I've heard of qmail and considered it before. However, the sendmail
> configuration has always seemed pretty straight-forward. If I stay with
> sendmail, should I download and compile from sources?
If you choose to go with sendmail, you should use the base-system's.
It's pretty up to date with critical patches and the like.
I personally prefer Postfix, which is also used by the mail-servers at
FreeBSD.org. The UCE blocking support offered by it is pretty good,
and configuration is straightforward. You don't even need to remove
the base-system's MTA, just tweak rc.conf and mailer.conf and you're
up and away.
Cheers.
--
Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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