Alan Eugene Davis wrote:
> I'm not sure how to handle this. How can I set up email for several
> machines on a LAN. The LAN is not now connected to the outside world.
> For now, it would just be interesting to be able to send messages back
> and forth.
>
> SHould one machine be a mail server?
Yes. At least one of the machines needs to have an MTA (e.g. sendmail)
running.
The main options are either:
a) Designate one machine as the `mail server'. All other machines send
outbound email to it via SMTP, and receive their email from it via
POP3 or IMAP.
b) Run an MTA on every machine. You then send email to a specific user
on a specific machine (e.g. [EMAIL PROTECTED]). The
mail ends up in the user's mailbox.
If some of the systems are Windows boxes, option b probably isn't
practical.
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Glynn Clements <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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