From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 10 15:38:56 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16A90106566C for ; Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:38:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from identry@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f206.google.com (mail-ew0-f206.google.com [209.85.219.206]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FC418FC1F for ; Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:38:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy2 with SMTP id 2so3076495ewy.43 for ; Mon, 10 Aug 2009 08:38:54 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:reply-to:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=ccsG+W8upoCQkUdJhjjLa4qzQHy/kn699n5PCcdFlBY=; b=Gqq+rgGpzG44xylxw6wPk2y/yMMBPgArAd9FxLuH6nKUYS/6ddSogaL8vHFsvtaY8P 1FWV0rDRVgn1iXbt62Nu9GlSXyHAwhLllrYGIJQG3C539qJpIVawd+2V1JqawQgr1Ktd 8IPSAixNFo4eYC9qVZAP4ru0LZcjsI5+qQ2C4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=ax9w9i11REguvderla2nnZIf+6uW7N6zNGddiAqq5ewZVazD9iqF6gPyC9x6o3FMka iljzA7q41EZdbYeH8+FpMdec1D6GpjCahJC1F0dmwWAefKayPSw2zbUL3atfF+7FvR4N n6qwZ6e058C64mFSY19HV7P+UDHbcUycoQPIs= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.1.202 with SMTP id 52mr1039838wed.15.1249918734609; Mon, 10 Aug 2009 08:38:54 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:38:54 -0400 Message-ID: <4d4e09680908100838h6d42432fwd0ec9a10d145b809@mail.gmail.com> From: Identry To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: toaster or do-it-myself? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: jalmberg@identry.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:38:56 -0000 As part of my server recovery operation, I want to split off my mail server onto it's own server. I've never built a mail server before, so I'm debating how to go about it. The old mail server was built with a toaster, and frankly, I knew how to use it, but never understood how it worked. I'm in a hurry to get it up, so I'm tempted to use a toaster again, but I'm worried that I'll spend a lot of time on it, and it won't work because I don't understand what it has installed, etc. I need to use qmail because that's what was used on the old mailserver, and all my backups are in Maildir format. I don't have time to mess around converting all that mail to another format, so that's my one fixed requirement. My first goal is to just get mail working, but ultimately, I'll want spam filtering, a web interface, etc. So, my question: should I use a toaster? And if so, which one? The machine that it will run on will only have two apps on it: mail server and secondary dns (tinydns). Any advice, much appreciate. Thanks: John