From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 10 18:47:09 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC48F1065673 for ; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:47:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vmagerya@gmail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.158]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A61F8FC1D for ; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:47:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id d23so846328fga.13 for ; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:47:08 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=4haQxnnj3mPiy/2q4O/6oTGznF34am96JmD9zhtVAyo=; b=sWrI47PIBB9XOtR7iHx7FzHzdsSqtTr4G6L1Ue2WEXig+pFs3SL0f1hLLdqWu5jPeQ +vL9N3PeS5BY3f8DD0X9AYw6VOg7ZnP+lV+QL6oTyvR6HpeTicFL0iSq4gIxUhztqfS1 CZtsHz8ghklo18l0u6XsbGOD+DMyCE0QoabN4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=iYtIhCQEvK61mDlUs1WOES2Z58hunKrZW8Hb6Gxnlha3zGyhaUw8bum4odD2F7Iu9t rGC1TG68khEz2tvHM2E7r+TzdCxkBMu7cnz8NFlfaqdqgd9f+KSfYEYMg05nj458Q16v RM/K3R6fakcESkNv5c7MmLOH4pWwnyJDbMzX8= Received: by 10.87.15.14 with SMTP id s14mr2017301fgi.8.1268245240182; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:20:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from [172.16.0.7] ([85.198.160.156]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 15sm1235217fxm.12.2010.03.10.10.20.37 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:20:38 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4B97E2F2.70704@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:20:34 +0200 From: Vitaly Magerya User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100227 Thunderbird/3.0.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Steven Hartland References: <1AE2F4B0675743BAB0C54954FBA787CA@multiplay.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <1AE2F4B0675743BAB0C54954FBA787CA@multiplay.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: To sendmail or to postfix that is the question? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:47:10 -0000 Steven Hartland wrote: > A few key question come to mind:- > 1. Has sendmail's config moved away from the black art > it once was? No. > 2. Is postfix that much easier? Yes. > 3. What would people use for: > 3.1. POP / IMAP support? Dovecot. As a bonus, Postfix can use Dovecot's SASL for authentication. > 3.2. Web Mail? Don't use it, sorry. > 3.2. AV / Spam filtering? I can't recommend a spam filter, but greytrapping via mail/spamd is a blessing: it catches 100% of spam on my (low-volume) mail server.