Re: MTA and popper question

[Sven Burgener]

Is there really nobody able / willing to help me? I'd appreciate it
strongly!

Thanks

Original Question:

Which MTA is easiest to install? I need to setup a machine as a
relay-machine that sends its mail when internet connectivity is given
(like from ip-up). Just the way sendmail does with sendmail -q, but
only for outbound mail, not destined for the local imaginary domain.
Having used sendmail before, I was able to set up that, but only with
some special sendmail.cf-generating scripts as it would be too hard
otherwise.

Also, if I wanted to allow for clients to fetch their mail from this
relay server, what do I need to install and setup? (Is it popper or
so?)
This machine and the LAN is in some virtual unreal domain, namely
homelan.com.

Re: MTA and popper question

[Henrique M Holschuh]

On Mon, 05 Jun 2000, Sven Burgener wrote:
 Which MTA is easiest to install? I need to setup a machine as a

IMHO both Postfix and Exim are very easy to install. Exim is more powerful,
while Postfix is (probably) more secure, and faster. Don't worry about
Postfix being beta, it's production-quality software all right... and the
Debian package is quite well maintained.

 Also, if I wanted to allow for clients to fetch their mail from this
 relay server, what do I need to install and setup? (Is it popper or
 so?)

As long as you're delivering locally (in some sort of local spool) the email
destined to these 'clients', qpopper or any other pop3 daemon should do.

-- 
  One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
  them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
  where the shadows lie. -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
  Henrique Holschuh 

MTA and popper question

[Sven Burgener]

Hello

Which MTA is easiest to install? I need to setup a machine as a
relay-machine that sends its mail when internet connectivity is given
(like from ip-up). Just the way sendmail does with sendmail -q, but
only for outbound mail, not destined for the local imaginary domain.
Having used sendmail before, I was able to set up that, but only with
some special sendmail.cf-generating scripts as it would be too hard
otherwise.

Also, if I wanted to allow for clients to fetch their mail from this
relay server, what do I need to install and setup? (Is it popper or so?)
This machine and the LAN is in some virtual unreal domain, namely
homelan.com.

Thanks
Sven