Re: Need to build a new mail server
- From: Vince Hoffman <jhary@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 17:29:30 +0100
As a sysadmin at a medium mailhosting ISP (~15,000 email customers,
averaging about 5 email addresses per customer,) we use a load balanced
cluster of Dovecot and exim servers with mysql backend.
Theres no way we could use qmail, it just doesnt have the flexibility
even with 1/2 a dozen patches.
That said I do like postfix I've used it before for smtp relay servers
and its performed like a champ.
Vince
Outback Dingo wrote:
Postfix rules, Dovecot or cyrus, though dovecot seems more managable
my take running an ISP based mail system
Postfix Definately
Qmail, its ok, in most cases scenerios
Exim - No way
and Dovecot or Cyrus for imaps/imap
On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 10:05 PM, Oliver Fromme <olli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
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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