Written by Bill and last updated on 01/01/1970 - [ freebsd ]

This guide is designed to help you install FreeBSD and setup qmail with mail filtering abilities. I designed my own qmail guide for a few reasons. First, there really isn't much out there when you look for this type of install from the ports system. Second, I have a vpopmail patch that allows creation of Custom Maildirs. I have been using a custom Maildir structure for about a year and a half now with no issues. The vpopmail skel patch allows you to patch vpopmail so you can make your own custom directories. If you create a user with just the normal vpopmail install, you get a default Maildir with new, tmp and cur in it which really doesn't allow you to do too much with filtering and the like. If you create a new user and vpopmail has been patched with the skel patch, the user's maildir is copied from the ~vpopmail/skel dir. If you really think about it, you can pretty much add your own maildrop recipe into the skel dir along with the .qmail file. If you add the qmailadmin into the mix, you or your users can turn on or off the spam filtering at leisure. If you really know what you're doing, this can open up a whole new world with vpopmail.

Written by Leigh Renfrow and last updated on 05/31/2005 - [ freebsd ]

Postfix is an attempt to provide an alternative to the widely-used Sendmail program. Postfix attempts to be fast, easy to administer, and (hopefully) secure, while at the same time being sendmail-compatible enough to not upset your users.

Written by Chris Buechler and last updated on 01/27/2005 - [ freebsd ]

If you run a groupware email server on your LAN like Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes, or similar, setting up a secure mail forwarder is a good alternative to opening port 25 from the Internet directly to your LAN server. Typically with these servers, you don't want to put them on a DMZ segment for performance reasons, but you have to let in email from the Internet. Opening a port to these servers, and into your LAN, can be risky. The combination of Postfix and FreeBSD makes for a secure, low maintenance solution that just might help you sleep better at night.

Written by Jon LaBass and last updated on 06/05/2005 - [ freebsd ]

When I first set up my mail server, I was faced with a dilemma -- which webmail program should I use? I started out with SquirrelMail, but I soon installed vpopmail and needed a webmail client that could support virtual users. So, my next stop was NuralStorm, but it lacked some features I wanted. I had always heard about Horde's webmail client, but I was always afraid of it because of it's complexity. This guide aims to ease your mind about IMP and help you install it and get it running from a base system and an updated ports tree.

Written by Bert JW Regeer and last updated on 03/26/2005 - [ freebsd ]

Hosting your own e-mail is a handy thing. This guide will show you how to set up a secure mail server using qmail, vpopmail, qmailAdmin for user management, and smtp-auth so only valid users can send mail.