From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 1 19:42:59 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C0909CAC for ; Mon, 1 Jun 2015 19:42:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu) Received: from cosmo.uchicago.edu (cosmo.uchicago.edu [128.135.70.90]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C63D1564 for ; Mon, 1 Jun 2015 19:42:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu) Received: by cosmo.uchicago.edu (Postfix, from userid 48) id AD07ACB8C9D; Mon, 1 Jun 2015 14:42:58 -0500 (CDT) Received: from 128.135.70.2 (SquirrelMail authenticated user valeri) by cosmo.uchicago.edu with HTTP; Mon, 1 Jun 2015 14:42:58 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <38748.128.135.70.2.1433187778.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: References: <20150601145425.20b56f3a@seibercom.net> Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2015 14:42:58 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Re: best options for a *WORKING* MTA From: "Valeri Galtsev" To: "Aryeh Friedman" Cc: "FreeBSD FreeBSD" Reply-To: galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.8-5.el5.centos.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2015 19:42:59 -0000 On Mon, June 1, 2015 1:59 pm, Aryeh Friedman wrote: > On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 2:54 PM, Jerry wrote: > >> On Mon, 1 Jun 2015 13:51:17 -0400, Alejandro Imass stated: >> >> > On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 12:48 PM, Aryeh Friedman >> > wrote: >> > > I have tried every which way I can find in the handbook and/or on >> the >> net >> > > to get a working mail server and the best I can do get the default >> > > sendmail >> > >> > I hate sendmail but I love FreeBSD and I simply not use it and use >> Postfix. >> > >> > > to answer on localhost only (postfix seems to be completely broken). >> > >> > Not sure what you mean. I use Postfix in FBSD for years now. >> > >> > > Where can I find a good *SIMPLE* set of instructions on how to set >> up a >> > > working mail server to accept mail for my domain? >> > > >> > >> > First describe what problems you are having exactly. General questions >> > will only get you general answers. >> > >> > Basically you can simply disable Sendmail and enable Postfix and it >> > works perfectly. >> > >> > There is a general recipe for it but YMMV so be more specific and >> > perhaps we can be more useful. >> >> >> Add to /etc/rc.conf >> >> ## Disable SENDMAIL >> sendmail_enable="NO" >> sendmail_submit_enable="NO" >> sendmail_outbound_enable="NO" >> sendmail_msp_queue_enable="NO" >> >> ## Start POSTFIX >> postfix_enable="YES" >> >> Now, either manually shut down SendMail or reboot. If you don't reboot, >> you >> will have to manually start Posfix. Personally, I would recommend that >> you >> reboot. I will leave learning how to configure Postfix as an exercise >> for >> the >> poster. Joining the Postfix Forum would probably be a wise move. >> >> > That's the exact procedure I tried several times before posting the > request > for help > Mail server configuration is something much-much larger that just enabling the server daemon. Neither of system distributions will come with fully configured mail server (and respecting himself sysadmin will not be using something he didn't sonfigure himself anyway). As someone already mentioned (or almost mentioned), you may need to hire some sysadmin to set up email system for you (no, I am not available for anything like that). Alternatively, you can do it yourself, but it will take weeks and a lot of digging into how e-mail works - at least for one's first mail server setup, then you will learn a lot by doing. But this will be a lot of work, at least for the first time... Just my $0.02 Valeri ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++