There are lots of 'how-to' articles on setting up apache, mysql, etc., and an SMTP server. You have been given good advice on the others but the mail server depends on what your purpose is.
First let me sidestep the flames before they start. Only qmail is bullet proof. It may be the least problematic after setup, too. (It's good enough for google.) I make these statements from experience, not emotion. I set up a Sendmail server two weeks ago because the client wanted it. They were not in a position to alter course so I set it up. No biggie. If you just want to set one up to see the wheels turn and the bits flow, go find something like qmail rocks and follow the directions word for word. Last time I looked it would produce a nice mail server. If you want to learn how they work, start with Dave Sill's site; lifewithqmail.org/ and read it thoroughly before starting an installation. Follow the directions and use google to help you figure out what things mean as you read. If google does not help read qmail.org and when all else fails ask for help there. Save it for a last resort. After you have qmail playing well, and you understand it go set up a sendmail box. Learn it well enough to discuss it. Then Exim, Postfix and of course that Microsoft one. When you get out of rehab come back and tell us which you liked best. On 4/12/10, Perkins, Jerry <je...@jperkins.us> wrote: > Ankit A wrote: >> Also, somebody told me that setting up a Mail (SMTP) server on Linux >> is much more easy than on windows. Can anyone give me idea how to do >> that ? > I checked what the default mail server was for Fedora. It is not > Exim, which Debian uses, so I can not be of any help. Although I did > see these instructions for fedora, > http://www.techotopia.com/index.php/Configuring_a_Fedora_Linux_Email_Server > . > > -- > Jerry Perkins - http://jperkins.us/ > > Calling an illegal immigrant an undocumented worker > is like calling the corner drug dealer an unlicensed Pharmacist. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
