On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 03:40:45PM -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Mark Annandale wrote: > >Hi Guys > > > >I recently moved from cable Internet to adsl and am about to lose the > >old cable suppliers smtp services. I have been pondering over setting > >myself up with a simple mail server, using my mandrake box. What I > >require is:- > > > >pop mail for 3 users smtp service for above > > > >I have a dynamically assigned IP address which I believe is not too > >much problem using no-ip.com or similar, however looking at the gumph > >about postfix and sendmail I'm not sure if I've not bitten off more > >than I could chew. > > > >Does anyone have an easier solution for a mail server, or is there an > > extremelly simple how to floating about. > > > >King regards > > > > > >Mark A > > > > > Mark, > Before you do a lot of work setting up a SMPT server, make sure you > are allowed to run a mail server on your ADSL connection. Some ISPs > block incomming port 25 connections to anything but their own mail > servers. Some also block outgoing mail servers, but you may be able to > relay through their mail server. You may have to do this anyway, if the > IP block your ISP uses for dynamic IP address is listed as a dialup IP > block in the SPAM blocking lists. > If you can run a mail server, Postfix is not that bad a mail server to > set up. The default setup, with a couple of minor changes, will > probably work for you. The mail change will be to set up the relay > through your ISPs mail server...
I used to use my Mandrake box for a mail server until I realized that ISP's were blocking my mail because its IP is in a range of dynamic IP's. Now I mostly use my ISP's mail accounts and relay through its servers. Once I told postfix to use the ISP for relay, people started getting my mail again. However, I think I still have problems with people who use AOL and excite. Todd
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