From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 2 02:14:22 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2B5D16A4B3 for ; Thu, 2 Oct 2003 02:14:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from www.angdatingdaan.org (angdatingdaan.org [202.147.34.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A431E43F93 for ; Thu, 2 Oct 2003 02:14:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jett@sycorax.ath.cx) Received: (qmail 20645 invoked by uid 89); 2 Oct 2003 17:14:13 +0800 Received: from 203.190.72.108 (SquirrelMail authenticated user jett@sycorax.ath.cx) by mail.angdatingdaan.org with HTTP; Thu, 2 Oct 2003 17:14:13 +0800 (PHT) Message-ID: <32900.203.190.72.108.1065086053.squirrel@mail.angdatingdaan.org> In-Reply-To: <000001c3879c$c21b68d0$c800a8c0@jeff3vc1phnqhx> References: <3F79F2BE.7080705@daleco.biz> <000001c3879c$c21b68d0$c800a8c0@jeff3vc1phnqhx> Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2003 17:14:13 +0800 (PHT) From: "Jett Tayer" To: "Jeff MacDonald" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: DaleCo@www.angdatingdaan.org cc: "'Kevin D." cc: 'Bernard Roux' Subject: RE: Mail Server X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 09:14:23 -0000 very well said. \jett > I think you should also ask yourself, why are you so desparate ? > Is there a deadline or did you bite off more than you could chew ? > > Things in UNIX take time, and a lot of reading. If you are feeling > desparate, the best thing you can do it get a cofee, find some > documentation and just take a nice read thru it. > > I'm speaking from experience, last week I hosed a qmail installation > really good, but after reading docs for about an hour without > touching a computer, my head was much clearer and I solved my problem. > > For what it's worth.. > > Jeff. > >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >>> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of >>> Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. >>> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 6:17 PM >>> To: Bernard Roux >>> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >>> Subject: Re: Mail Server >>> >>> >>> Bernard Roux wrote: >>> >>> >Please can you help me. I would like to setup a mail server using >>> >Freebsd. I have installed the software, but how do I >>> configure Freebsd >>> >to become a mail server. >>> > >>> >I am desperate. >>> > >>> > >>> >Kind regards >>> > >>> >Bernard Roux >>> > >>> > >>> In addition to the fine replies you have already >>> received, let me add to the noise: FreeBSD comes >>> with Sendmail, all time King ("James" ;-) of the >>> MTA's, already installed. All you need is the line >>> >>> sendmail_enable="YES" >>> >>> In /etc/rc.conf. >>> >>> So you have a working SMTP server on >>> hand, it just needs some configuration. >>> >>> If you do *not* know how to set up DNS, >>> you should read up on that first. >>> >>> Walk through /etc/mail and look at a few files: >>> >>> local-host-names # add your hostname to this file >>> #if it doesn't exist, create it >>> relay-domains #you may need to add LAN IP's >>> # or other domains to allow outbound >>> # relaying of mail >>> aliases # username mapping >>> virtusertable # domain mapping >>> >>> Check the file /var/log/maillog as well, as most >>> any errors dealing with the mailserver will show >>> up there. >>> >>> If you want to use the machine as a POP or >>> IMAP server, check the programs in /etc/ports/mail. >>> There is an example line to enable a POP server >>> in /etc/inetd.conf, but one is not installed by >>> default. >>> >>> I don't necessarily wish to give you the >>> impression that running a mail server is a >>> piece of cake, but it's not that difficult to >>> get started with it. What is tough is keeping >>> it secure, and making sure the configuration >>> makes it a workhorse and not a headache. >>> >>> HTH, >>> >>> Kevin Kinsey >>> DaleCo, S.P. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>> >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebs>> d-questions >>> >>> >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>> > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >