[RESOLVED] Home Mail Server

[uxbod]

Hi,

im having a real bad moment of understanding how to setup my home mail server, I am just bootstrapping as we speak. I have a DSL connection with a static IP plus a router with NAT/PAT. Do I configure my server with a internal IP, setup PAT for SMTP, and point the MX record of my domains to the external static IP ? It would be great to run DNS on my server, but the domains are with my ISP so would probably let them handle secondary SMTP.

Does this sound right ?

TIA

[monkeyboy]

My recommendation would be to put your mail server on your internal network with an internal ip and do a port forward on port 25 (smtp) and 110, 143 (pop and imap) if you want them. Then the only services exposed to the internet are the ones you forward through your firewall. You will then want your MX record pointing to your external IP.

If you want to run DNS yourself, you should be able to do that on the same server with an internal IP address, you'll just need to forward port 53 to your box so the rest of the world and query your DNS. You may also want to have seperate response files for internal clients (resolve to internal network numbers) and external clients (resolve to public ips).

[jmbsvicetto]

Hi.

monkeyboy already replied to your question. I just want to recomend you use POPS and IMAPS that run on ports 995 and 993. If you want to, you can also use SMTP+TLS.
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[uxbod]

Thanks both