> How would I go about moving those services to my local machine > (offering email accounts to family too) with the least amount of > hassle and worry?
The exact answer is easy -- just set up the services on your home IP address and switch your DNS (at whoever has your domain's DNS) to point to the home IP address. From there, you can add users on your own machine for whoever needs a mail and/or shell account. Users can then pull/send mail directly to your machine and you can easily add any web-mail package to provide that capability. > Is the short answer 'learn sendmail'? I hope not. I know that there > are a variety of SMTP servers, and I'm not sure which is favored for > simplicity. Debian a long time ago switched to Exim for its MTA. The Debian mail gurus claimed it would give both security/stability and ease of use. I've found that to be true. I use Exim mainly for "normal" things and have found it very easy to use. Debian's install (I'm not sure if this is in the "stock" Exim package) uses a simple shell script which asks idiot-level questions and suffices for most typical mail admins. Having run home servers myself, a question: What will happen when you decide to rebuild your machine and it's down for a day or two (or imagine some other maintenance issue which causes downtime)? As an added "cover my butt" layer I've used www.easydns.com in the past and highly recommend them. For a small amount, they'll provide an easy to use web-based DNS interface and take care of your DNS issues on redundant DNS servers in both Canada and the US. They'll also provide a backup mail spool for no extra cost. Of course, EasyDNS runs on GNU/Linux too. (Standard disclaimers: no financial interests in them, never worked for 'em, just a happy customer.) Regards, . Randy -- Fast fact: One acre of land can produce 20,000 pounds of potatoes or one acre of land can produce 165 pounds of beef. _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss