Does dovecot work OK on *BSD?

[Leander Schäfer]

Hi Steve,

Go for FreeBSD ;) it offers Dovecot(2) via ports or via package. I 
always recommend ports though, due to the fact of being able to 
enable/disable options - but that's your choise.

Ports:
cd /usr/ports/mail/dovecot2
make install clean

or via pkg(8):
pkg install dovecot2

I can allway recommend to ask your friend Google: "FreeBSD + Dovecot + 
Tutorial" or "FreeBSD + Dovecot + How to".
According to my knowledge, it works quite the same with the other BSDs 
in your list. It's been a while since I worked with one of them. I 
sticked to FreeBSD

  * For updating / maintenance of ports and packages, I recommend
    portmaster.
  * For System binary related updates there is freebsd-update(8).


Best Regards,
Leander S.


Am 25.09.14 18:14, schrieb Steve Litt:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a dovecot server on my Debian Wheezy desktop computer. My days
> with Debian are limited, and I'm investigating several 'BSD's:
>
> OpenBSD
> FreeBSD
> PCBSD
> NetBSD
> DragonflyBSD
> etc
>
> Is there any reason Dovecot wouldn't work on any of those? Does anyone
> know if those OS's have packages for Dovecot, or do I need to compile
> it myself?
>
> Thanks,
>
> SteveT
>
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