From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 2 09:12:31 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 721CC16A4CE for ; Sat, 2 Apr 2005 09:12:31 +0000 (GMT) Received: from makeworld.com (makeworld.com [216.201.118.142]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93D9143D60 for ; Sat, 2 Apr 2005 09:12:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.com [127.0.0.1]) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2836363E8; Sat, 2 Apr 2005 03:12:28 -0600 (CST) Received: from makeworld.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (makeworld.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 56565-05; Sat, 2 Apr 2005 03:12:25 -0600 (CST) Received: from [216.201.118.138] (racerx.makeworld.com [216.201.118.138]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 822A863E7; Sat, 2 Apr 2005 03:12:23 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <424E6205.3030905@makeworld.com> Date: Sat, 02 Apr 2005 03:12:37 -0600 From: Chris User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (X11/20050327) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kiffin Gish References: <000001c53763$b1a9ea80$9900000a@ZGISH> In-Reply-To: <000001c53763$b1a9ea80$9900000a@ZGISH> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by ClamAV 0.75.1/amavisd-new-2.2.1 (20041222) at makeworld.com - Isn't it ironic cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Which mail server is the best for me? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: racerx@makeworld.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 02 Apr 2005 09:12:31 -0000 Kiffin Gish wrote: > I would like to setup a mail server but am a little confused about whether > to use sendmail, qmail, postfix or whatever. Basically my web server is a > simple one to be used for personal use with maybe no more than a 10-20 mail > accounts. > > What are the advantages and/or disadvantages of each choice, and where can I > find more information comparing them? Why not go the websites of all you mentioned. Read how to set each one up, read what the pitfalls are of each, then determine how much time you want to spend running one. -- Best regards, Chris If at first you don't succeed, blame it on your supervisor.