Somewhere in internet land there is a Web Server called: www.seaweedsoftware.com.au The web server stuff is working fine. I am trying to turn this server into mail server as well, using qmail. I want to send and receive mail from a local machine using Netscape Navigator's MUA. This has to be done using an ISP's POP account. Navigator's preferences have been set so that the incoming and outgoing mail servers are <www.seaweedsoftware.com.au>. I have installed qmail on the server as per the instructions (I had to use <make config-fast www.seaweedsoftware.com.au> as <make config> didn't work). Starting with this basic setup I have realised that the mail server must be able to support the POP client talking to it using the SMTP and POP protocols. Thus from the servers section of the FAQ listing at <ftp://koobera.math.uic.edu/www/qmail.html> I have gone ahead and implemented the following: ============= How do I run qmail-smtpd under tcpserver? inetd is barfing at high loads, cutting off service for ten-minute stretches. I'd also like better connection logging. ------------- How do I allow selected clients to send outgoing messages through my SMTP server? qmail-smtpd is giving the error ``sorry, that domain isn't in my list of allowed rcpthosts (#5.7.1)'' for messages to any domain not listed in /var/qmail/control/rcpthosts. ------------- How do I set up qmail-pop3d? My old POP server works with mbox delivery; I'd like to switch to maildir delivery. ============= I have verified that I have probably done the above correctly by sending some mail to an outside user from my local version of netscape. Thus I'm happy with the sending/relaying/SMTP side of things. Note that as my local IP address is allocated dynamically I had to make things pretty open in the /etc/tcp.smtp file. I have guessed that the local address I get assigned will be in the range 210.8.*. Now comes the part where I'm a bit stuck, the receiving/POP3/ serialmail/AutoTURN side of things. I am about to try and implement (from the FAQ again): ============= How do I send messages by SMTP to an authorized dialup host when it makes an SMTP connection? I've heard about ETRN and AutoTURN. ============= To do this you simply install serialmail and follow the instructions given in the AUTOTURN text file. The trouble is that these instructions are not really pertinent to my situation. This file starts off: ------------- Situation: You are big.isp. You have assigned a static IP address, say 1.2.3.4, to a dialup customer. The customer would like you to receive mail for virt.dom and forward it to 1.2.3.4 whenever 1.2.3.4 makes an SMTP connection to mail.big.isp. ------------- The first problem I have with this statement and the instructions that follow it is that it assumes a static IP address which I do not have. This IP address becomes hard coded into various file names and their contents. The second problem, which is possibly not a show-stopper at this stage, is that I want to test receiving mail for cjmurphy.www.seaweedsoftware.com.au before I worry about virtual domains and try to receive mail for cjmurphy.seaweedsoftware.com.au. Can anyone help with the first problem? Am I stuck? Do I need to find an ISP that will give me a static IP address each time I log in?
