We all have our preferences. If you're looking for a "Turn-Key" solution, Courier-MTA or Mail Toaster set-ups are damn fine. If you're up for the learning experience, which will broaden your knowledge of how all the pieces fit together, below is my open-ended recommendation:
Postfix (the mail/postfix port) with MySQL or Postgres as a configuration backend. There are a lot of examples of how to do this with MySQL on the Postfix webpage (www.postfix.org) which can be easily adapted to Postgres if you so choose. Cyrus as a POP3/IMAP server, with Web-Cyradm (see mail/cyrus-imapd22 and www.web-cyradm.org) or... Dovecot as a POP3/IMAP server, which I've found to be smokin fast and fairly easy on the memory load (mail/dovecot) or... As I was digging through the ports, DBMail looks interesting as well (mail/dbmail). You may also want procmail (mail/procmail) or maildrop (mail/maildrop) for delivery. SpamAssassin for filtering (mail/p5-Mail-SpamAssassin) and possibly Amavis-new (security/amavis-new) with ClamAV (security/clamav). With this setup, you could let Amavis-new do both your SpamAssassin and AV scanning. Also, ClamAV is but one choice in the Virus scanning choices in ports/security. If going the Postfix route, it is recommended by the author to avoid MailScanner. As for webmail, everyone has their own opinion as to which one they like best. I've been a fan of IMP so I'll advocate the Horde Framework + IMP. If you'd like any additional web-workgroup features, adding calendaring (Kronolith), contacts (Turba), or any other features is a snap. I know it's not down to the wire specific, but with the exception of the "Turn-Key" solutions, a mail server is a sum of its parts as well as the child of it's admin (Daddy, could I have 50 dollars for more RAM please). Regards, Jason Wilson Sr. Network Engineer Nobilis Software -----Original Message----- From: matthew [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 3:16 AM To: Luke Kearney Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Move to <insert here> mail server? WAS Re: Sending mail gets'Relaying Denied' from off network. On Wed, 18 Feb 2004, Luke Kearney wrote: > > On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 00:26:47 -0600 > Eric F Crist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> granted us these pearls of wisdom: > > > OK, I'm tired of trying to configure sendmail. I think I give up. I've hear > > postfix and qmail recommendations the most. I need a mail server that can do > > a couple of things for me: > > > > 1) Host multiple domains on the same server > > 2) Easy user management and control (quotas?) > > 3) I NEED MY SPAM ASSASSIN > > 3) Webmail recommendation for this mail server. > > 4) Your love and support with what I choose... ;) > > > > Sendmail, since I've used it heavily, has become too much of a burden for me. > > Please reply with a 'vote' and possibly and howtos or 'change-over' > > instructions. If you all recall, I've failed this once before. > > http://www.tnpi.biz/internet/mail/toaster/ > > is a favourite of mine and if I can install it you can too :-), pretty > bullet proof and easy to manage not to mention scaleable. > http://www.courier-mta.org 'nuff said m > HTH > > LukeK > > > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"