Email server recommendation

[Tom Yerex]

I recommend Postfix as well. I have tried Exim, Sendmail, hMailServer (a 
MS-Windows solution), but I have always come back to Postfix as a great 
combination of easy-to-configure, use, and stable.

A friend told me that Courier Mail Server is attractive as a "do all" 
solution, but I have no personal experience other than the Courier IMAP 
solution, which worked very well.

Cheers,

Tom Yerex




"Brad Davis" <brd at FreeBSD.org> 
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05/09/2007 09:19 AM

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"Richard McNeilly" <richardm at grenadianone.com>
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freebsd-isp at freebsd.org
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Re: Email server recommendation






On 5/9/07, Richard McNeilly <richardm at grenadianone.com> wrote:
> I am trying to plan a ISP deployment using FreeBSD.  I am more familiar
> with Linux but during my research, it's been pointed out that FreeBSD is
> the more stable and reliable choice for an ISP.  Especially as an email
> server.
>
> What is the best way to manage the addition of new users to the email
> server?  local users or is there a database solution.  Also is there a
> software package available to easily administer email accounts or does
> it all have to be done with custom scripts.
>
> I would welcome any suggestions of anecdotes of experience.

I highly recommend running Postfix.. It is a very easy to learn and
has lots of advanced features such as being able to authenticate/query
databases (mysql,postgres) or LDAP in addition to the normal stuff.

I also recommend this book (The Book of Postfix):
http://www.amazon.com/Book-Postfix-State-Art-Transport/dp/1593270011/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-8305754-1665625?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1178725829&sr=8-1



Regards,
Brad Davis
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