Need to build a new mail server

[Eric Zimmerman]

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.
> 
> Thanks,
> 

I like postfix + dovecot.  Easy to set up and both have a ton of 
features. any relatively modern hardware will do with that kind of volume.

your aliases shouldnt be a problem either.