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dirtboy
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 Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2003 3:04 pm Post subject: Mail Server Beginner |
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I want to setup a mailserver for my domain, but I cannot find any helpful documentation for the beginner. I have searched the web, but "mail server howto" brings up a list of every piece of software that ever touched or sat next to a mail server. I tried searching the forums, but everyone who has posted seems to have at least some experience in this area. Does anyone have a link to a good tutorial web page, or can link to a forum thread?
I have chosen maildir (random choice in USE flags) and I was looking at courier-imapd, since squirrelmail seems to work well with it. |
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Pindrop
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dirtboy
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| Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2003 3:50 pm Post subject: |
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| I followed the directions and have postfix working, but all mail sent from this machine comes from user@machine.domain.com instead of user@domain.com. My DNS service only has records for domain.com and any mail sent from outside doesn't make it to my machine. Any ideas what I have done wrong? |
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Genone
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| Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2003 4:06 pm Post subject: |
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In your /etc/postfix/main.cf make sure you have the entry
| Code: | | myorigin = $mydomain |
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bumpus
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| Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2003 6:59 pm Post subject: Make sure DNS is right |
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| dirtboy wrote: | | My DNS service only has records for domain.com and any mail sent from outside doesn't make it to my machine. Any ideas what I have done wrong? |
It sounds like you might need to get your DNS setup with an MX record to say where mail should be delivered for your domain. Verify this with the commandIf your system doesn't have dig installed yet emerge it with If the output from dig does not include an ;; ANSWER SECTION you don't have your mx record setup right.
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puggy
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Is this a problem? Mine is also like this. Email addressed to
puggy@computer.domain.com still reaches me. I use kmail and I've set my reurn address to puggy@domain.com so if someone clicks reply it goes to there just for simplicity's sake. Most mail clients will do this for you.
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dirtboy
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| Well, this sux. It looks like BS has blocked port 25, so I can't receive mail over it. That's Bellsouth, not Bull Stinky, or is it? Guess I need to look for a new DSL provider. |
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puggy
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