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CDLM
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Location: Victoria, BC, Canada
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 Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2003 5:06 am Post subject: Mail Server (pop3 and smtp) |
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Hey,
I've looked over the forums and can't really find the info I need....
I have a box that will have two (and a couple more in the future) domains pointing to it... Right now it's running MailEnable on Windows, and when I convert it to Gentoo I need to keep the mail server. My problem is that I've never used a linux mail server... what's available? I need for users to connect with outlook express/macmail (pop3) and be able to send mail using the same clients (using smtp) - I don't want to have webmail. I do want to be able to have mailing lists. I also want invalid emails to be put in my mailbox...
so what would i use? thanks in advance...
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Tazz_ZA
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Joined: 02 Jul 2003
Posts: 60
Location: Durban, South Africa
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| Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2003 5:23 am Post subject: Re: Mail Server (pop3 and smtp) |
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Hey,
Well as far as I know there is 4 main MTAs - Sendmail,Postfix,Exim,Qmail
Everyone has there own fav. and I chose sendmail (flame coming  )
Depends on how many users your have I would look into a LDAP sol. and just run it like that. As for POP/IMAP it will just slot in. The genral way that this is done under Linux is for the mail to be dropped into a store where the Client collects it - normally this store is under /var/spool/mailq (or something like that). For pop/imap I use uw-imap which works 100% for me !
I don't know about the other MTA's so I can't help you there....
| CDLM wrote: | Hey,
I've looked over the forums and can't really find the info I need....
I have a box that will have two (and a couple more in the future) domains pointing to it... Right now it's running MailEnable on Windows, and when I convert it to Gentoo I need to keep the mail server. My problem is that I've never used a linux mail server... what's available? I need for users to connect with outlook express/macmail (pop3) and be able to send mail using the same clients (using smtp) - I don't want to have webmail. I do want to be able to have mailing lists. I also want invalid emails to be put in my mailbox...
so what would i use? thanks in advance...
- Dave - |
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payam
Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 30 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2003 5:26 am Post subject: |
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read the gentoo "user guides" (odd place for this information, really, but it's there). basically, search this page for the keyword "mail" and those docs are pertaining to your inquiry: http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/docs.xml -- this particular one may be of help: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/virt-mail-howto.xml (explains courier-imap and postfix. i'm sure there's pop information to be found somewhere here too)
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