RE: Gradual move to own mail server - strategy for noob

2007-06-29 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of RW Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 5:51 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gradual move to own mail server - strategy for noob On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:27:56 +0100 Barnaby Scott [EMAIL

RE: Gradual move to own mail server - strategy for noob

2007-06-29 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gradual move to own mail server - strategy for noob On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:49:45 -0600 Kenny Dail [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I currently much prefer using Dovecot for IMAP, and Postfix for MTA. They are both quite easy to set up and customize to fit changing

Re: Gradual move to own mail server - strategy for noob

2007-06-29 Thread Norberto Meijome
On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 23:23:12 -0700 Ted Mittelstaedt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I prefer uw-imap for IMAP and sendmail for MTA. I have found that since PHP imap extensions uses the uw-imap library and many webmail interfaces use php imap extensions, that there is less trouble with the client

Re: Gradual move to own mail server - strategy for noob

2007-06-28 Thread Olivier Nicole
Are you using spamd? not sure - it's almost 2 AM here...i'm going to hit the sack as I have an earlish start - i'll try to dig out the config from that mail server and send it out, but i can't promise it'll happen tomorrow - DO ping me if i haven't done it after the w/end. I guess

RE: Gradual move to own mail server - strategy for noob

2007-06-28 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Barnaby Scott Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2:28 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Gradual move to own mail server - strategy for noob Hi, I'm trying to replace my current arrangement for email, and though I have read as much as possible on it, I

Re: Gradual move to own mail server - strategy for noob

2007-06-28 Thread Norberto Meijome
On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 07:50:20 -0500 Eric F Crist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Eric, please CC the list, so others can contribute / learn (now and from archives). Could you tell me what you're doing with spamassassin? I've got it configured and it seems to be running, but I'd like to know

Gradual move to own mail server - strategy for noob

2007-06-27 Thread Barnaby Scott
Hi, I'm trying to replace my current arrangement for email, and though I have read as much as possible on it, I just want to check if I am on the right lines with what I'm planning. (Is that a legitimate use of this list?) It's the same old story, when you're a beginner it is very hard to take

Re: Gradual move to own mail server - strategy for noob

2007-06-27 Thread Olivier Nicole
Install Fetchmail to get mail from my various hosted mailboxes Yes. For testing purpose, why don't you create a temporary mail account at your ISP, at yahoo, gmail, etc. provided they have IMAP, and try retreiving emails from that account. Configure Sendmail, which I accepted as the default

Re: Gradual move to own mail server - strategy for noob

2007-06-27 Thread Roland Smith
On Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 10:27:56AM +0100, Barnaby Scott wrote: What I _think_ I want to do is this: Install Fetchmail to get mail from my various hosted mailboxes Fetchmail works fine. Configure Sendmail, which I accepted as the default mailer I'd go for postfix. It's much easier to

Re: Gradual move to own mail server - strategy for noob

2007-06-27 Thread Dick Hoogendijk
Roland Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 10:27:56AM +0100, Barnaby Scott wrote: What I _think_ I want to do is this: Install Fetchmail to get mail from my various hosted mailboxes Configure Sendmail, which I accepted as the default mailer I'd go for postfix. It's

Re: Gradual move to own mail server - strategy for noob

2007-06-27 Thread Martin Hepworth
HI On 6/27/07, Barnaby Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm trying to replace my current arrangement for email, and though I have read as much as possible on it, I just want to check if I am on the right lines with what I'm planning. (Is that a legitimate use of this list?) It's the same old

Re: Gradual move to own mail server - strategy for noob

2007-06-27 Thread Kenny Dail
Configure Sendmail, which I accepted as the default mailer Install Procmail to deliver messages in Maildir format (to users' home directories?) Install Courier IMAP as the IMAP server Have I got this about right? Do I really need 4 separate tools to do this? Have I overlooked something

Re: Gradual move to own mail server - strategy for noob

2007-06-27 Thread RW
On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:27:56 +0100 Barnaby Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ultimately, but not yet, I want to start using the FreeBSD machine as a proper mailserver - i.e. get a static IP address and point the MX record hosted by my provider at it. It may not be sufficient to get a static IP

Re: Gradual move to own mail server - strategy for noob

2007-06-27 Thread Norberto Meijome
On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:49:45 -0600 Kenny Dail [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I currently much prefer using Dovecot for IMAP, and Postfix for MTA. They are both quite easy to set up and customize to fit changing needs. I agree . adding clamav + amavisd.new + spamassassin to the mix would wrap up