Recommendations for a mail server

[crackers]

My ISP that I've had for 12 years (yes, I've had the same e-mail address for that long!) has been bought out and, despite the assurances, I'm pretty sure that the domain is gonna be a goner before the end of the year. So I'm toying with the idea of setting up my own server (I've got a DynDNS domain).

I've done QMail and Courier (full set) in the past, and toyed with a couple of others. I do not like dorking around with "sendmail" - mostly because I'm a lazy bastard... So, what have y'all used and recommend?

[jeru]

I personally use postfix these days. Used a number of other mail servers in the past but always had something I didn't like about each of the ones I've tried. I use dovecot now for imap, imaps, pop3, pop3s and actually like better than anything else i've tried. (namely because of speed without maildir and security)

Just remember to test whichever servers relay that you choose to save us all from more spam and keep yourself off the blacklists.
From the server run;
telnet relay-test.mail-abuse.org

And I guess before anything... make sure your isp doesn't block outbound port 25 connections like so many do by trying your connectivity.
telnet any.mailserver.tld 25

[crackers]

For anyone that might be reading this, I've ended up going with eXtremail (http://www.extremail.com/) - it's exceedingly easy to set up, offers POP3/IMAP/SMTP (and secure modes, too), relay blocking, black-listing, etc. The user interface (through telnet - yuck) is very straightforward and easy to comprehend, minimal configuration required out-of-the-box. Nice and light on the resources, too. My only complaint: you have to run it as root (because of the privledged port access, obviously) and it does not have an option to suid to a less permissive account once the ports are open.

[vinu]

Crackers,
I assume you've blocked the administrative telnet port of your eXtremail server to localhost connections only... allowing telnet across the network might not be a good idea.

Alternatively, you could use ssh with TCP forwarding to encrypt your connection.

[maxut]

i use qmail including spamassasin, clam antivirus. u installed it by reading the wonderful guide at www.qmailrocks.org .
it also works on fedora 2 .

[crackers]

I assume you've blocked the administrative telnet port of your eXtremail server to localhost connections only... allowing telnet across the network might not be a good idea.
Don't worry, amigo - I've been around the block a couple of times. I gots belts and suspenders when it comes to network security... ;)