From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Mar 14 15:54:31 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 72A1E37B401 for ; Fri, 14 Mar 2003 15:54:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from www.omicnet.com (ip-208-181-72-171.adsl.radiant.net [208.181.72.171]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DF9443FAF for ; Fri, 14 Mar 2003 15:54:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from inspector.us@omicnet.com) Received: from inspectorbox (130-94-160-46-dsl.hevanet.com [130.94.160.46]) by www.omicnet.com (8.9.3/8.9.2) with SMTP id PAA01898; Fri, 14 Mar 2003 15:53:46 -0800 From: "Joshua Lokken" To: "Samuel Chow" Cc: "Freebsd-Newbies@Freebsd. Org" Subject: RE: UNIX Mail help Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 15:54:19 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 In-Reply-To: <003401c2ea68$cd38df30$8142412f@SAMCHOW2> 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: Samuel Chow [mailto:cyschow@shaw.ca] > Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 12:32 PM > To: Joshua Lokken > Cc: Freebsd-Newbies@Freebsd. Org > Subject: Re: UNIX Mail help > > > > ----- 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). > Ok, here's one point that's got me hung up. I receive my IP dynamically (DHCP). For web resolution I use ZoneEdit, since technically I am not "allowed" to host these services independently, so setting up proper MX records with ZoneEdit is essential, correct? Also, is the ISP 'correct' in telling me that I cannot manage DNS for my own domain? Can I 'override' that directive safely? > 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. While I've read there are advantages to the Maildir format, I'd like to keep the [default] format that my systems (all FreeBSD) come with out of the box. Is this easier/more difficult, or [in]advisable? > > 3) understand how your ISP do mail, and decide how much > you want to leverage their infrastructure. > For my own sense of security/sanity, I'd like to try to keep this as IDP-independent as possible. But, understanding my ISPs mail infrastructure can't be bad, in any case... > --- > Samuel Chow > cyschow@shaw.ca > > This message is displayed using recycled electrons. > Segmentation Fault (core dumped) > Thanks for the reply, -- Joshua To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message