From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 19 12:44:16 2008 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 90C08106566C for ; Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:44:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from robby@grab.co.za) Received: from qmail.entry.co.za (pdns.entry.co.za [196.211.91.250]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 559CE8FC1A for ; Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:44:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from robby@grab.co.za) Received: (qmail 67694 invoked by uid 1011); 19 Aug 2008 12:37:59 -0000 Received: from 192.168.1.33 by qmail.entry.co.za (envelope-from , uid 1009) with qmail-scanner-1.25-st-qms (clamdscan: 0.87/7662. spamassassin: 3.0.4. perlscan: 1.25-st-qms. Clear:RC:1(192.168.1.33):. Processed in 0.067297 secs); 19 Aug 2008 12:37:59 -0000 X-Antivirus-qmail.entry.co.za-Mail-From: robby@grab.co.za via qmail.entry.co.za X-Antivirus-qmail.entry.co.za: 1.25-st-qms (Clear:RC:1(192.168.1.33):. Processed in 0.067297 secs Process 67688) Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.33?) (192.168.1.33) by qmail.entry.co.za with SMTP; 19 Aug 2008 12:37:59 -0000 Message-ID: <48AAC019.5040409@grab.co.za> Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:44:09 +0200 From: Robby Balona User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071008) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <90B9B014E38B4C48A792EFD25F27624E023E9166@ALAFEXCH.performance.pfgc.com> <89C1A7EE-291E-4A72-957C-59FC9A6316A8@identry.com> In-Reply-To: <89C1A7EE-291E-4A72-957C-59FC9A6316A8@identry.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Best SMTP Gateway Program and Reporting Tools 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: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:44:16 -0000 John Almberg wrote: > On Aug 12, 2008, at 4:22 PM, Josh Kidd wrote: > >> I just wanted to pose this question to the list on people's opinions as >> to what the best SMTP Gateway program (ie. Sendmail, Postfix, etc) is >> and what the best log analysis tool for that SMTP program is. > > I use qmail. Its touted to be very secure, which was my #1 goal. > Proving that is above my pay grade, but I can say I have had no > problems, which is a big improvement over my last server which ran > Linux and sendmail. > > It also logs a lot of information about what it's doing, and has a > bunch of command line tools to help you analyze it. > > -- John > > _______________________________________________ > 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" I love qmail also.. but didn't do well under heavy smtp load in my environment. I put qmail +vpopmail + qmailadmin +clamav+dovecot+spamassasin + assap +squirrelmail together. Exim is great if you can get past the asinine language of the config file. Postfix is also ok but never found a good virtual mail interface for it.