Mail Server

[inpowers]

Hi all

I am new to FreeNas & first time poster.
I have been reading up on FeeNas & Plex server.
I am looking into custom building a nas server for media, Backups, File storage etc. (for home use)

One thing that is holding me back at the moment is I would like to have is a email server for sending and retrieving email from multiable email accounts. For now I would say about 5 email address.
Is there an app or plugin that works with FreeNas.

Thanks in advance
Regards
inpowers

 

[jgreco]

Set up a generic FreeBSD jail and then follow any of the various mail server recipes out on the net.

 

[inpowers]

Hi jgreco
Thanks for the quick response.
Could recommend any decent mail servers please.

Regards

 

[jgreco]

Sendmail or Postfix are the most popular ones, I'd guess.

 

[jprouvos]

For the ease of configuration, go with Postfix or Exim. Sendmail is harder to set up the right/correct way.

 

[jgreco]

Configuring Sendmail largely comes down to selecting a proper m4 template for the configuration. I'd certainly agree that the whole m4 thing is probably a bit of a bear for newcomers who are looking for more of a "where's the config file I need to edit" type deal, but once you get past that, Sendmail's a mean competitor.

 

[tvsjr]

If you're willing to add another box, Zimbra's open-source edition works pretty well. It doesn't support FreeBSD (supposedly, you can build it manually... but that's probably beyond your skills - it's certainly beyond mine) but does Linux. I run it at home (combined with an Apache + z-push server for Activesync) for about 50 users.

 

[inpowers]

Thanks guys for your replies.
I will give it a go and see what happens.

Thanks again
inpowers

 

[danb35]

If you're willing to add another box, Zimbra's open-source edition works pretty well. It doesn't support FreeBSD (supposedly, you can build it manually... but that's probably beyond your skills - it's certainly beyond mine) but does Linux. I run it at home (combined with an Apache + z-push server for Activesync) for about 50 users.

No need to add another box for that--put it in a VirtualBox VM if you don't want to mess with manually building it for FreeBSD.