From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 17 23:47:09 2004 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 8B61716A4CE for ; Sat, 17 Jan 2004 23:47:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from falcon.mail.pas.earthlink.net (falcon.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.74]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0149243D5A for ; Sat, 17 Jan 2004 23:47:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rperry4@earthlink.net) Received: from dialup-171.75.71.7.dial1.weehawken.level3.net ([171.75.71.7] helo=earthlink.net) by falcon.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1Ai7eC-0001jZ-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 17 Jan 2004 23:47:05 -0800 Message-ID: <400A3A0A.5040708@earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 02:47:22 -0500 From: Bob Perry User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040117 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD-Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Configuring E-mail Services on a Standalone Wkst 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: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 07:47:09 -0000 Hello, I have two PCs, an NT 4.0 box and a FreeBSD 4.8 system. I'm connected to the internet via dial-up (56k modem) and using the mail system found in Mozilla. I understood that mail services was a natural with FreeBSD so I thought I would take the opportunity to learn what I could about setting up a mail server. I've become familiar with SMTP, MUAs, MTAs, qpopper, and fetchmail but it seems like some of the more necessary components are a static IP address, 24/7 connection, and accurate DNS information set up on my system. If this an accurate assessment, I may have to be satisfied setting up my e-mail services for a standalone workstation because I can't afford a static IP address or 24/7 connection. If a full-fledged e-mail server isn't feasible, can I still use software like sendmail, mutt, qpopper, and fetchmail for a standalone workstation? Do they offer any real advantages over the mail systems that come with Mozilla, Netscape, etc.? Any, and all comments are welcome. Thank you. Bob Perry -- FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE-p13 0#