Originally posted by MadHatter: I don't know for sure, but I don't see any reason it wouldn't work. The question will become, if you do this will your anti-virus still work?
Normally it make no sense to change the email-server. You can kill the standard server and install qmail, but this kills the security of the system. When you use a firewall don´t change the hole system.
If you like to play with a system, then try a normal linux distribution, not a closed firewall-system like astaro.