James M0TJC wrote: > Hi All, > > I have just setup a new domain name, with my ISP, and I have some choices on > the email side. > > I can either use POP3 to download, or, have the mails forwarded to my static > IP. > > Which software would I need for this? I'm assuming that It's something like > sendmail or fetchmail or similar? > > Any advice appreciated! > > Thanks, > > James > If you want to run your own mail server, then you may want to use Postfix. It is probably already installed. It does the same job as Sendmail, but is the comfiguration is simpler. There are other options for a SMTP server, and I will let others tell you about their preffered ones. One thing to keep im mind - if you are going to run your own mail server, you should have the system running 24/7. If the system is down, people will get timeout errors when sending you mail. On the other hand, running your own mail server gives you a lot more control over your mail. You can do a lot more drastic filtering then your ISP can, because you know who you want to get mail from. If you want to block an entire net block because the only mail you are lickly to get from them is SPAM, you can do it. (It is great to be able to block SPAM BEFORE it gets into your mail server, instead of having to filter it out afterwards.)
I am a bit rusty, but I have set up Sendmail and Postfix servers. For a basic setup, they are not too hard. Qmail is also susposed to be fairly easy setup. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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