From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 7 01:08:08 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC22916A408 for ; Sat, 7 Apr 2007 01:08:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jgordon@datapipe.com) Received: from exchfe01.datapipe-corp.net (exchfe01.datapipe-corp.net [64.106.130.69]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A26CF13C487 for ; Sat, 7 Apr 2007 01:08:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jgordon@datapipe.com) Received: from exchfe04.datapipe-corp.net (64.106.130.67) by exchfe01.datapipe-corp.net (64.106.130.69) with Microsoft SMTP Server id 8.0.685.24; Fri, 6 Apr 2007 21:08:07 -0400 Received: from exchewr01.datapipe-corp.net ([64.106.130.60]) by exchfe04.datapipe-corp.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Fri, 6 Apr 2007 21:08:07 -0400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2007 21:07:57 -0400 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: mail server blues Thread-Index: Acd4r1EOrwwlMZsjTaqNxA2KwDgX7AAAdz0i References: <000001c77893$a8cb7460$650fa8c0@MRKIDDLES> <20070407005345.GA59027@kobe.laptop> From: Jay Gordon To: "Giorgos Keramidas" X-OriginalArrivalTime: 07 Apr 2007 01:08:07.0009 (UTC) FILETIME=[33641510:01C778B1] Cc: Brian Hartley , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: mail server blues X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2007 01:08:08 -0000 Agreed... in a worst case situation if you incapable of configuring it = due to inexperience or just plain out not getting it, there are some = pre-built freebsd mail software solutions that provide mta, pop/imap and = gui interfaces like plesk, cpanel, ensim or even atmail. if you are brave and wanna DIY it... first decide what your needs are. do you need a system with ease of administration... are you going to = have a large amount of users? do users need to be able to have access = to webmail? an administration web based panel for adding autoresponders = and the like? with the different mta's you have tried... what exactly went wrong? Jay Gordon Unix Systems Administrator DataPipe Managed Hosting Services - What It Means To Be Sure -=20 jgordon@datapipe.com | http://www.datapipe.com Tel: 201.792.1918 x2402 | Fax: 201-792-3090 -----Original Message----- From: Giorgos Keramidas [mailto:keramida@ceid.upatras.gr] Sent: Fri 4/6/2007 8:53 PM To: Jay Gordon Cc: Brian Hartley; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mail server blues =20 On 2007-04-06 20:31, Jay Gordon wrote: >Brian Hartley wrote: >> Hello, >> I have been going nuts trying to get a remote POP/SMTP mail server to >> work on 6.2-RELEASE. My mx and cnames are hosted at dyndns. I have >> tried exim, postfix and sendmail along with courier imap as the pop. >> Is there any good docs that can get me going? >> >> I appreciate any help > > go with qmail... it "rocks" > http://www.qmailrocks.org/ > > it's a damn good mta. I don't think qmail is a "silver bullet" that can solve anyone's problems, even it it rocked. What the original poster needs is someone with enough ``MTA-foo'' to design a mail system which can satisfy his needs of an email & pop server. Brian, are you the one who should install the POP/SMTP mail server? FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE along with any one of the MTAs mentioned above (Sendmail, Postfix, Exim or qmail, coupled with an IMAP/POP) can work pretty well as an SMTP gateway and IMAP or POP server. There's no single, One True Reference(TM) which can help you along the steps of installing an arbitrary combination of the software you are planning to install, mostly because there are so many combinations it's literally impossible to describe all of them in one document. But if you have already tried *some* combination, as you said, and you have problems making it work, you can always start by describing to the list what you are trying to do, what steps you took to make it happen, and what went wrong. Then we can work through the details of your particular setup, until what is broken is fixed. - Giorgos