Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:05:13 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> Cc: "Aryeh M. Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help with setting up a mail server Message-ID: <20100720180513.GB46959@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTim0HBZSp2dtajpBOn8LHycClAwFrAH6OU-eLkXb@mail.gmail.com> References: <20100720092644.28643f19aryeh.friedman%gmail.com@flosoft.no-ip.biz> <20100720093328.4f1bd5d0@scorpio> <20100720094609.02f88f0baryeh.friedman%gmail.com@flosoft.no-ip.biz> <AANLkTim0HBZSp2dtajpBOn8LHycClAwFrAH6OU-eLkXb@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 09:03:55PM +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 4:46 PM, Aryeh M. Friedman > <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:33:28 -0400 > > Jerry <freebsd.user@seibercom.net> wrote: > > > >> On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:26:44 -0400 > >> Aryeh M. Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> articulated: > >> > >> > I am a consultant and was retained by my client to setup qmail or > >> > exim on a VPS running 8.0-STABLE (i386). After setting up the DNS > >> > (A record and MX record) we have been unable to send or receive > >> > mail. The client has/had a working script for installing qmail on > >> > 7.1-STABLE but it seems to not work on 8.0-STABLE. They are using > >> > the same VPS provider who this 7.1-STABLE install script worked > >> > under. I have tried everything I can think of to make it work > >> > including asking obvious questions on -questions@. > >> > > >> > I informed the client that the task is likely beyond me capabilities > >> > but I would help recruit someone who would be able to do it at a > >> > reasonable fee paid to them (I am acting as a no cost middle man on > >> > this [I am helping the client for free since I was unable to get it > >> > done]). > >> > > >> > Please send any ideas and/or offers to do the job > >> > >> I would seriously suggest that you consider installing Postfix. It is > >> in the ports tree, is well maintained and works out of the box. The > >> Postfix forum will be glad to give you any advice you need for setting > >> up and securing your mail server. Qmail is no longer supported by its > >> author and can be a nightmare to maintain. > >> > > > > We had also tried sendmail and couldn't get that working either so I > > suspect it is a general config issue not a MTA one. (I have set > > sendmail up about 30 times in the past so I know a little bit about it) > > Exim is a very good choice. Forget the Postfix suggestions. It's > Sendmail's brother:-) Sendmail comes from a good family. ////jerry > > > -- > Best regards, > Odhiambo WASHINGTON, > Nairobi,KE > +254733744121/+254722743223 > _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ > "If you have nothing good to say about someone, just shut up!." > -- Lucky Dube > _______________________________________________ > 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" >
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