how do i setup an smtp server on my system.

r8dhex · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 25 Jul 2002 Posts: 120

i'd like to be able to send mail from my laptop without relying on my isp's smtp server. i'm thinking i'll need to setup an smtp server on my system. but i'm not really sure how to go about it. i've read the desktop guide and emerged postfix, but my test emails never arrive.

i don't know what this smtp/sendmail is about. do i need both? or just one of them? which packages are recommended? what are the important settings that i have to watch out for?

note: i'm on dialup, if it makes any difference.

kashani · Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2002 7:21 pm Post subject: smtp server

The things to try.

1. is Postfix up and running?
Run the following command at your command line and see if these processes appear.
ps -ef | grep postfix
/usr/lib/postfix/master
qmgr -l -t fifo -u
pickup -l -t fifo -u

2. What's your log file say?
If you're using syslog-ng your log file is probably in
/var/log/mail.log

Postfix is usually pretty specific on why something can't be sent.

3. Forwarding email servers

Many ISP's especially large dialup networks will not allow you to send mail to any addresses other then their own mail servers. The do this by filtering port 25 at the NAS device you're dialed into. You many need to figure out what the relay servers you're supposed to be using and point Postfix to relay all mail to them instead of trying to deleiver directly.

kashani
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