From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Mar 14 16:36:30 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 F2B7037B404 for ; Fri, 14 Mar 2003 16:36:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from pd4mo2so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56E0443FAF for ; Fri, 14 Mar 2003 16:36:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cyschow@shaw.ca) Received: from pd2mr2so.prod.shaw.ca (pd2mr2so-ser.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.109]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 HotFix 0.8 (built May 12 2002)) with ESMTP id <0HBR00HMALOPPA@l-daemon> for freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org; Fri, 14 Mar 2003 17:36:25 -0700 (MST) Received: from pn2ml3so.prod.shaw.ca (pn2ml3so-qfe0.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.121.147]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 HotFix 0.8 (built May 12 2002)) with ESMTP id <0HBR001KKLOPUB@l-daemon> for freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org; Fri, 14 Mar 2003 17:36:25 -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 0.6 (built Apr 26 2002)) with SMTP id <0HBR00H4QLOPJB@l-daemon> for freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org; Fri, 14 Mar 2003 17:36:25 -0700 (MST) Received: (qmail 30193 invoked from network); Sat, 15 Mar 2003 00:36:25 +0000 Received: from firewall.peyto.ca (HELO SAMCHOW2) (192.168.1.1) by homeserver.peyto.ca with SMTP; Sat, 15 Mar 2003 00:36:25 +0000 Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 17:39:22 -0700 From: Samuel Chow Subject: Re: UNIX Mail help To: Joshua Lokken Cc: "Freebsd-Newbies@Freebsd. Org" Message-id: <015e01c2ea8b$529b2c10$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" > > 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? I am not familiar with ZoneEdit, but a quick peek to me seems to be a DNS hosting kind of thing. In that case, yes, you have to have a MX record with your domain, assuming you have a domain. > Also, is the ISP 'correct' in telling me that I cannot manage > DNS for my own domain? Can I 'override' that directive safely? To run your own DNS, you have to have 2 separate static IP address. Since you use DHCP, your cannot run it on your own box. > > 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? I use Maildir because I use qmail, and it only supports Maildir. Sometime you are stuck because of your choice of MTA (mail transport agent). > > 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... You have your limitations on what you can do. For example, since you are on DHCP, you do not get mail once your IP is changed and your MX record hasn't been changed. Is that something you want? Another example is my reverse DNS does not always work, and guess what? I can't deliver mail to freebsd.org during those time. So what I do is to setup qmail with a static route with freebsd.org domain to go to my ISP. Choices like that cannot be made until you understand what your limitations are and what your ISP can do. That's what I meant. --- 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