Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 01:08:41 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Depo Catcher <depocatcher@gmail.com> Cc: Freebsd questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Mail and DNS setup Message-ID: <20100819230841.GA40184@slackbox.erewhon.net> In-Reply-To: <4C6DB3DE.6080209@gmail.com> References: <4C6DB3DE.6080209@gmail.com>
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On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 05:44:46PM -0500, Depo Catcher wrote:
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> I have a local box that downloads all my mail (~8 accounts) via fetchmail.
> It's processed by sendmail/procmail and sorted into Maildir folder.
> From there I retrieved via courier-imap (ssl) in Thunderbird.
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> This has worked well, but since it's been running there have been quite=
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> a few security advisories in fetchmail, sendmail and procmail.
> I'm not fond of any of their configs or syntax either, so won't mind=20
> trying some alternatives on my new server.
If it ain't broken...
> What would be a good procmail replacement? I've searched around, but=20
> couldn't find anything that provides the same functionality.
> I have a lot of email so like to sort it into specific folders.
IMO the best replacement for procmail is procmail. :-)
> For sendmail, qmail looks like a good contender. Any others that I=20
> might consider? Generally it seems like a qmail is pretty solid?
Postfix works well and is easy to configure.
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> Also anything special I need to do to uninstall or get rid of sendmail=20
> on my system?
Put the following in /etc/rc.conf;
sendmail_enable=3D"NONE"
To disable the building of sendmail next time you do a 'make buildworld', a=
dd
the following to /etc/src.conf;
WITHOUT_SENDMAIL=3Dtrue
> While we're at it, any alternatives to bind? We have a slow internet so=
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> like to cache things locally.
> Other than local lookup and caching, nothing else is needed.
Here you go; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_DNS_server_software
Roland
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R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/
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