* john gennard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010511 15:25]:
> I connect to an ISP by dialling with a modem and have just two user
> accounts.
So you need serialmail. Get and install it. There are many hints on how
to do this in this list's archive.
> I've never really understood the concept of a FQDN and so
> can't with confidence create a /var/qmail/control file.
Your box has a name, consisting of your domain (which you don't have)
and its local hostname. You can register a domain for a dial-up system
at dyndns.org or something.
> Hypothetically, my ISP is heaven.com, I call my box eden and have
> users adam and eve, what is my FQDN? (I log in as say garden - so
> outsiders email me as [EMAIL PROTECTED]).
That is irrelevant. You just want your From address to be correct.
> I fail to understand exactly what part alias plays in the setup. At a
> minimum, I should create three - root, postmaster and mailer-daemon,
> but do I need any for my user accounts and why?
Aliases are email addresses without local users. Mail to root is
internally forwarded to a user you put in ~alias/.qmail-root, for
example.
> With the simple setup I have should I bother with the dot-forward,
> daemontools and fastforward packages?
Depends on where you come from and where you want to go. dot-forward and
fastforward should be unnecessary, but daemontools and ucspi-tcp are
very clever.
> I know these are very simple questions, but could someone give
> a simple explanation to help me along. What I would ideally like is
> a write up for a minimal setup for the type of installation I have -
> it seems none exists or else I can't find it.
Ummmm... Just install qmail, ucspi-tcp, daemontools and serialmail and
follow the instructions step by set. Really. :-)
