Re: [expert] Making a SMTP server in my box.
On Thu, 21 Nov 2002 23:15:52 -0600 J. Craig Woods [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gonzalo Avaria wrote: Hi experts. I needo to make a question. Like a year ago i did something i don't know how to repeat. I set up my host (local.host) to be the smtp server. It sent mails until i had to reinstall linux and never worked again. So the question is, how can i make my PC a smtp server (only for me) so i can send emails??? that's all. saludos Use localhost.localdomain for your local name (/etc/hosts), and set up postfix to send your mail (smtp, port 25). Mandrake provides some pretty good online documentation for this little exercise. Cheers, drjung Craig, Have you seen what some ISPs are doing with port 25...? http://pfortin.com/Linux/PostFix Pierre Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Making a SMTP server in my box.
Hi experts. I needo to make a question. Like a year ago i did something i don't know how to repeat. I set up my host (local.host) to be the smtp server. It sent mails until i had to reinstall linux and never worked again. So the question is, how can i make my PC a smtp server (only for me) so i can send emails??? that's all. saludos = Gonzalo Avaria Alumno de Licenciatura en Fisica Facultad de Cs. Fisicas y Matematicas Universidad de Concepcion CHILE _ Do You Yahoo!? Información de Estados Unidos y América Latina, en Yahoo! Noticias. Visítanos en http://noticias.espanol.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Making a SMTP server in my box.
Gonzalo Avaria wrote: Hi experts. I needo to make a question. Like a year ago i did something i don't know how to repeat. I set up my host (local.host) to be the smtp server. It sent mails until i had to reinstall linux and never worked again. So the question is, how can i make my PC a smtp server (only for me) so i can send emails??? that's all. saludos Use localhost.localdomain for your local name (/etc/hosts), and set up postfix to send your mail (smtp, port 25). Mandrake provides some pretty good online documentation for this little exercise. Cheers, drjung -- J. Craig Woods UNIX Network/System Administration http://www.trismegistus.net/resume.html Character is built upon the debris of despair --Emerson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
