From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 9 18:46:27 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9399516A401 for ; Mon, 9 Apr 2007 18:46:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doug@fledge.watson.org) Received: from fledge.watson.org (fledge.watson.org [209.31.154.41]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 541C813C43E for ; Mon, 9 Apr 2007 18:46:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doug@fledge.watson.org) Received: from fledge.watson.org (localhost.watson.org [127.0.0.1]) by fledge.watson.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l39IkPZT035324; Mon, 9 Apr 2007 14:46:25 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from doug@fledge.watson.org) Received: from localhost (doug@localhost) by fledge.watson.org (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) with ESMTP id l39IkPW5035321; Mon, 9 Apr 2007 14:46:25 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from doug@fledge.watson.org) Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 14:46:24 -0400 (EDT) From: doug To: Brian Hartley In-Reply-To: <000001c77893$a8cb7460$650fa8c0@MRKIDDLES> Message-ID: <20070409135414.P63961@fledge.watson.org> References: <000001c77893$a8cb7460$650fa8c0@MRKIDDLES> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (fledge.watson.org [127.0.0.1]); Mon, 09 Apr 2007 14:46:25 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mail server blues X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: doug@safeport.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 18:46:27 -0000 On Fri, 6 Apr 2007, Brian Hartley wrote: > Hello, > > I have been going nuts trying to get a remote POP/SMTP mail server to work > on 6.2-RELEASE. My mx and cnames are hosted at dyndns. I have tried exim, > postfix and sendmail along with courier imap as the pop. Is there any good > docs that can get me going? > > I appreciate any help > > Thank You! > > Brian > I have been reading this thread and have decided I am confused [certainly would not be first time]. :) Sendmail is the "official" FreeBSD MTA and postfix written by Wietse Venema while on a sabbatical from IBM is designed to be a "drop-in" replacement. Either of those should work "out of the box". If you want a mail server as a single user, there is little to do other than set the correct options in /etc/rc/conf. I use sendmail, which I find has been improved to the point that when I can finally (probably) add to the rule sets, I see no reason to do so. Perhaps if you say what you have tried and how that failed, you can get some specific advice on things to do. There are numberous FreeBSD howto's for sendmail, so with respect to all the other MTA's its not a bad place to start assuming you are new to Unix and/or administering a server. BTW as a final though if you are connecting via DSL or cable, it could be that some (all?) of your problems are from restrictions/rules imposed by your provider.