Michael D. viron, Thanks a lot for your help. Tuan -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Michael D. Viron Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001 9:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Postfix mail server question.
At 08:34 AM 11/04/2001 -0800, you wrote: >Hi, >I have a Domain and a static IP. I also so setup my Web server runs >behind a router which support NAT function. I open port 80 for WEB and I >think I have to open 2 more ports which are #25 and #110 for mail >server, is that right? No, you actually only need to open port 25, unless you plan to access your e-mail via pop3 from outside your local network. How can I setup Postfix to listen those 2 ports >(for sending and receiving mails)? Postfix only needs port 25 (which is SMTP) -- port 110 is pop3, which is a totally separate piece of software and a different protocol. Postfix is a 'mail transport agent' (MTA), and handles transporting e-mail from the source address to the destination address. If I setup an account on Postfix, >i.e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] , do I have to add user name "ME" on my server >computer? user name ME has to either be added as a normal user or must be an alias in /etc/postfix/aliases . >To use client mail program like Outlook to send and receive mail via my >mail server, what do I need to setup on Postfix and what program I need >run at startup (i.e. POP3 IMAP.....!!??). For postfix, you need to configure it to allow access from whatever client machine you are using so that you can send e-mail through it from your mail user agent (MUA) such as Outlook, Eudora, etc. As for receiving e-mail, you don't have to do anything. To have a fully functional mail server, you need to be running postfix (or sendmail) and either imap or pop3 or both. Do I need to tell Postfix >which ports to listen to or by default it will listen on ports #25 and >#110? No -- by default Postfix listens only to port 25 (SMTP) -- it doesn't listen to port 110, which is a totally different protocol (which is handled by a different piece of software. >Thank you, >Tuan > > > >_________________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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