Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2006 03:22:11 -0300 (ADT) From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> To: Duane Whitty <duane@greenmeadow.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OT - Scalable email server solution needed Message-ID: <20060408032114.P947@ganymede.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <443731E5.9030209@greenmeadow.ca> References: <443731E5.9030209@greenmeadow.ca>
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Postfix + Cyrus IMAPd ... Cyrus IMAPd has built-in virtual domain support ... only solution I've used for almost 10 years now ... On Sat, 8 Apr 2006, Duane Whitty wrote: > Hi, > > My appologies in advance for the OT post. > This probably more appropriately belongs on ISP@ but > there doesn't seem to be much traffic there. > > To the point: I'm about to provide hosting services, > including but not limited to email, to a few local > business. Right now I have Sendmail configured > and I was about to install Courier-IMAP. My > concern is future scalability. I'm not sure sendmail > is the right back-end MTA. Right now Sendmail > and Procmail will work fine I believe with the addition > of an IMAP server. But what about later on? > > I was looking at DBmail but I'm not sure just how > much activity that project has so I'm a little leary, > but perhaps that's unjustified? So now > I'm considering Exim or POSFIX. The Sun Java > Communications Server looks appealing but unless > I misunderstood I don't have anywhere near the > bankroll for that yet and it doesn't look like a good > fit for a start-up operation anyhow. > > I like that POPular port and the way it uses proxies etc., > but it doesn't seem to support IMAP. > > Is there anyone on the list who might be serving many > business customers each with many users who would > be willing to share their insights or opinions on this? > > From my past experiences, transitioning from a low volume > solution to a high volume solution, regardless of the application > domain, is usually best solved by making the right choice in > the beginning. It would seem like an important marketing > tool as well. > > If I am way of base here or missing something really > important I'd appreciate the heads-up. > > Thanks in advance for any help. > > Sincerely, > > Duane > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664
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