Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 13:12:57 -0400 From: Nathan Vidican <webmaster@wmptl.com> To: Robert Small <rsmall@pwahec.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Guidance with Sendmail or Qmail Message-ID: <3922D319.D1D59CF8@wmptl.com> References: <NDBBLNNFGKDKKFCHCHBPAEHCDCAA.rsmall@pwahec.org>
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Robert Small wrote: > > I'm really new to FreeBSD, I've only been using it for the past two months > (and the > whole two months I've kicked myself for waiting so long to start using it!). > > Anyways, I've regerested my domain today, and I was wondering if someone > could > point me in the right direction for setting up mail, either Sendmail or > Qmail. > > This system will probably have very few users, and is mainly for me and my > family, > but I'm not sure which would be the best software to use (and easiest to > set-up) > > Thanks in advance for the help! > > Robert Small > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Does killing time damage eternity? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Name: winmail.dat > winmail.dat Type: application/ms-tnef > Encoding: base64 I'd suggest sendmail as far as ease-of-setup goes. You could use cucipop, or qpopper as a pop3 interface, and assuming you've got the dns setup correctly, you shouldn't really need to change anything regarding the default sendmail configuration in order to run a small mail server. Just make sure sendmail is enabled at bootup using: # somewhere in /etc/rc.conf sendmail_enable="YES" sendmail_flags="-bd -q" # end of /etc/rc.conf excerpt For a POP3 interface, either load cucipop, or qpopper at startup as well, (qpopper does not run as stand-alone, so you'd have to set it up using inetd -notably less secure than people think it is). cucipop, create a file called: /usr/local/etc/rc.d/cucipop.sh, with the following in it: #!/bin/sh echo 'Starting POP3 Daemon' /usr/local/libexec/cucipop -Y # end of cucipop.sh file or un-comment the following line from your default /etc/inetd.conf file: pop3 stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/libexec/popper popper Good-luck with it, the default config should work, if it doesn't then send back an email with whatever error(s) you get and go from there. At least this will give you something to start from. -- Nathan Vidican webmaster@wmptl.com Windsor Match Plate & Tool Ltd. http://www.wmptl.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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