Need to build a new mail server
Oliver Fromme
olli at lurza.secnetix.de
Fri May 30 15:05:13 UTC 2008
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
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