An easy virtual pop solution not involving qmail?

[Geert Hendrickx]

On Sun, Jun 20, 2004 at 12:15:30AM +0100, Chris Smith wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm currently writing a proposal to replace our crapped out Redhat 9 web
> server with FreeBSD 5-STABLE when it appears.  In the process, I need to do
> something with the mail server running on it.  It's currently sendmail with
> virtual domains and one user account per mailbox etc.  Its performance is
> piss poor and the users are complaining (there are 500 of the buggers and
> they poll it all day and night).
> 
> Is there an easier to manage solution that DOESN'T involve qmail where I
> don't need to give users REAL accounts?  I've seen several qmail-centric
> documents floating around on the web but nothing concise and
> straightforward. 
> 
> BTW - I'm not getting into a mail server religious war so don't even go
> there ;-)
> 
> Many Thanks,
> 
> - Chris.

Dovecot is an excellent and MTA-independant POP/IMAP-server, supporting 
virtual domains, virtual users, and various authentication mechanisms.  

Checkout ports/mail/dovecot or http://dovecot.procontrol.fi/

GH