Postfix rules, Dovecot or cyrus, though dovecot seems more managable my take running an ISP based mail system Postfix Definately Qmail, its ok, in most cases scenerios Exim - No way
and Dovecot or Cyrus for imaps/imap On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 10:05 PM, Oliver Fromme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Patrick Baldwin wrote: > > Hi all, I've got an older Solaris system running Sendmail for my > > mail server right now. It's about time to replace it, and I'm > > thinking FreeBSD might be the best choice of OS for the replacement. > > > > However, it's been some time since I looked into options for mail > > servers. I'm interested in both suggestions for hardware and mail > > servers that would make for the best FreeBSD based mail server. > > > > I've only got about two dozen users, though they are all very heavy > > users of email. I'm using IMAP, and I'd like to continue to do so. > > > > Finally, we have quite a few aliases I'd want to port over to a > > new server. > > I also recommend dovecot. I'm using it for several years > without a problem, and it was quite simple to setup. > > I'm using it with sendmail, though (not postfix), because > I've been using sendmail for almost 20 years and haven't > had a reason to switch. If you're already familiar with > sendmail on Solaris, then I recommend you continue using > sendmail on FreeBSD (it's the default MTA that comes with > the base system). > > Having said that, Postfix _is_ a very good MTA, I'm using > it at work. If you're willing to switch and invest a > little bit of time learning something new, then Postfix > is certainly a good choice. It's quite easy to install > Postfix from the ports collection. > > Best regards > Oliver > > -- > Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. > Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: > secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- > chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart > > FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd > > C++: "an octopus made by nailing extra legs onto a dog" > -- Steve Taylor, 1998 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > [EMAIL PROTECTED]" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
