On Sun, Dec 29, 2002 at 06:35:15PM -0800, Dexter Graphic wrote: > Thanks, Dan and Joseph, for explaining. I mistakenly > assumed that 10 days was enough time to get a Linux > mail system up and running. And from some of Dan's > comments on the activism list, I thought he'd given > up all hope of it ever working. Just trying to help.
The best way I have figured out to get a Linux mail system up and running is the following. 1) Don't use sendmail-- use postfix instead. Postfix is much easier to configure, especially if you have an intermittent dial-up connection. While not as scalable as sendmail, it is way more than enough for most sites. It is also *way* more secure than sendmail. It is also sendmail-compatible. 2) After you install sendmail, install mutt. Now, send mail from one account to another on the local system, to make sure it works. It should do this out of the box. I'm not sure about Debian, but with some distributions, you will need to create your spoolfiles. 3) Next, start sending mail from accounts on the system to a remote system which you can access by telnet or ssh. You will need to edit your postfix /etc/postfix/main.cf file. You should only need to change 3-4 lines. You will also need to add a coupla lines to you .muttrc file to get the headers right. 4) When you get the headers right, it's time to install and configure fetchmail. This is pretty easy-- there's not a lot to a .fetchmailrc file. If needed, I can supply working configuration files, but not until after the 1st, as I'll being flying back into Portland tomorrow, and be back on the 1st. Cheers, Dennis -- Unix *is* user friendly. It's just picky about its friends..... _______________________________________________ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
