Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 10:01:59 -0500 From: "Kevin Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: "Martins Struka" <martinss2000@inbox.lv> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: E-mail Server Building Message-ID: <01b001c1e620$d3b23ca0$9dec910c@daleco> References: <003e01c1e60e$14548aa0$0f01a8c0@Bastion>
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Dear Fellow BSD'er, The following appears to be a good resource on BIND and named. http://www.2-progress.com/dedicated-servers/support/dns-HOWTO-linux-bsd-free bsd-bind8/ ---I got this hint from Zach Thompson just today. It's quite comprehensive. I run a smaller network that uses FBSD/M$ OE for email service. I found the manual from www.freebsd.org and the FAQ at www.sendmail.org to be of great assistance in setting up the email server. /etc/mail/local-host-names, /etc/mail/sendmail.cf, /etc/mail/aliases, /etc/mail/relay-domains are some of the files one has to mess with in this type of project, and of course you must enable the right daemons in /etc/inetd.conf, or /etc/rc.conf, or some of my daemons are run by a cron job. You will also need to choose and install a POP server, FBSD does not run one by default. If you do not, the server will operate fine to the outside world but not to your 50-100 disappointed users :-( I use qpopper from the ports tree, but there are others. I've never bothered to research Outlook Express setup, it just seemed intuitive. In a network this complex it sometimes helps to write down things like passwords, IP addresses, server names, etc. Keep the paper secure. Good luck with the project. I would highly recommend reading the first 5-6 chapters in the FBSD handbook, plus the later ones relative to your situation. Also, there are a number of users (like me, and most are even smarter) that read the "questions" list who may be able to help from time to time if you have further questions. Kevin Kinsey, Missouri, USA PS. Also do some reading on security, or at least subscribe to freebsd-announce@freebsd.org so you can receive security advisories when/if they occur (which is rare enough, at least with the base system). You might ask the guys who read security@freebsd.org what POP server they would recommend as for a secure system. I currently have a router that gives a minimum of security, so I haven't done much to the server security-wise. From: "Martins Struka" <martinss2000@inbox.lv> To: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 7:47 AM Subject: E-mail Server Building > Dear Sir / Madam, > I plan to create an e-mail server for arround 50 - 100 accounts and run it > on FreeBSD. It will also run as a DNS server. Clients will use Outlook > Express in purpose to recieve incoming e-mail from e-mail server. For > outgoing mail they will use Internet Service Provider's SMTP server > "mail.latnet.lv". > My questions are: > * How to configure named? > * Wich components do I have to configure to have a good functioning > e-mail server? > Thank You. > Martins To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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