Greg, thanks for the insight. I AM getting a domain soon. I'm getting my DSL
on a static IP and am going to register a domain and assign it. My DNS
server is going to be elsewhere (probably at work).
anyway, I chucked out vmailmgr and installed vpopmail.
Now I've finally accomplished what I wanted to. I can give my friends POP3
accounts and not let them have unix accounts.
So if Anyone needs help configuring such a system, let me know. Although I'm
not the best unix network person (hey, I'm still in high school ...) I'll
probably be able to assist you.
thanks,
-sridhar
-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Owen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2000 6:35 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: newbie question. please recommend solution
> Here is the thing: I DO NOT have a domain YET. SO in my
> /etc/hosts file, I added swaru as my machine name. SInce I'm
> not part of any network (it's a system at which is soon going
> to be a web/mail server), I named my machine swaru (swami + guru :-).
I don't know anything about vmailmgr, but I do know that qmail never
uses the hosts file, only DNS. Never ever. Not on a bet. Not if you ask
nicely. Not even if you're listed on Santa's "Nice" list.
You might want to set up a "private" DNS server that pretends you
have a domain for the purposes of setting up and testing mail services.
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gowen -- Greg Owen -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
