From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Mar 14 12:29:43 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C961037B401 for ; Fri, 14 Mar 2003 12:29:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from pd5mo3so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAECC43F3F for ; Fri, 14 Mar 2003 12:29:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cyschow@shaw.ca) Received: from pd2mr3so.prod.shaw.ca (pd2mr3so-ser.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.108]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 HotFix 0.8 (built May 12 2002)) with ESMTP id <0HBR00533A8VCU@l-daemon> for freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org; Fri, 14 Mar 2003 13:29:19 -0700 (MST) Received: from pn2ml5so.prod.shaw.ca (pn2ml5so-qfe0.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.121.149]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 HotFix 0.8 (built May 12 2002)) with ESMTP id <0HBR00JPCA8VQ8@l-daemon> for freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org; Fri, 14 Mar 2003 13:29:19 -0700 (MST) Received: from mail.peyto.ca (h68-147-174-254.cg.shawcable.net [68.147.174.254]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 HotFix 0.8 (built May 12 2002)) with SMTP id <0HBR00LBEA8VAR@l-daemon> for freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org; Fri, 14 Mar 2003 13:29:19 -0700 (MST) Received: (qmail 29377 invoked from network); Fri, 14 Mar 2003 20:29:18 +0000 Received: from firewall.peyto.ca (HELO SAMCHOW2) (192.168.1.1) by homeserver.peyto.ca with SMTP; Fri, 14 Mar 2003 20:29:18 +0000 Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 13:32:15 -0700 From: Samuel Chow Subject: Re: UNIX Mail help To: Joshua Lokken Cc: "Freebsd-Newbies@Freebsd. Org" Message-id: <003401c2ea68$cd38df30$8142412f@SAMCHOW2> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-priority: Normal References: Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joshua Lokken" > Each time I decide to tear into the project of setting it > up, I realize that I don't have the basic understanding of > UNIX mail to complete the job. I have the exact same feeling when I started to do that for fun a couple years back. The mail system looks simple but is very complicated. 1) understand there are many pieces to the puzzle. DNS, SMTP, POP3, and IMAP are all protocols used in various stages during mail delivery (I am talking about the user actually see the mail in the client). 2) understand there are more than 1 way to store mail on the server: mbox, Maildir are all mailbox formats, and you get to choose exactly one. 3) understand how your ISP do mail, and decide how much you want to leverage their infrastructure. --- Samuel Chow cyschow@shaw.ca This message is displayed using recycled electrons. Segmentation Fault (core dumped) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message