[expert] email on home network
Hello all, hope this isn't too newbie. Here's my dilema: I'm on dsl behind a netgear router using portmapping to my linux server which handles a web page, ftp, quake server, etc... I've been wanting to set up an email server for learning experience; so people could email me [EMAIL PROTECTED] I finally sat down and tried it using postfix, yet I don't have a CLUE what I'm doing! I thought this would be as simple as setting up http; just start the postfix daemon, make sure there is a user account on the server, then just jump on another computer and send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and it should automatically appear on my server - right? I can't find squat for online docs (in simple terms at least) and it's just not working the way I expect :-( Help? Mike -- Michael & Tracy Holt Kirkland, WA[EMAIL PROTECTED] ===< Unix is all about taking big rocks and turning them into little rocks - Windows is all about taking sand... and dumping it in your gas tank... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] email on home network
personally, i recomand you to use sendmail. its better and simpler for new users. in order to get you mail system running you will need to configure a name and domain for your system. did you do that ? are smtp and pop services installed and running ? are you able to send mail locally inside that machine between users? are you able to send mail to external addresses ? figure those first, and then move on. On Sat, 19 Jan 2002, Mike & Tracy Holt wrote: > Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 00:13:20 -0800 (PST) > From: Mike & Tracy Holt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: expert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [expert] email on home network > > Hello all, hope this isn't too newbie. > Here's my dilema: > I'm on dsl behind a netgear router using portmapping to my linux server > which handles a web page, ftp, quake server, etc... I've been wanting to > set up an email server for learning experience; so people could email me > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > I finally sat down and tried it using postfix, yet I don't have a CLUE > what I'm doing! I thought this would be as simple as setting up http; > just start the postfix daemon, make sure there is a user account on the > server, then just jump on another computer and send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and it should automatically appear on my server - > right? I can't find squat for online docs (in simple terms at least) and > it's just not working the way I expect :-( > > Help? > Mike > > -- --- _|_|_ Best Regard's , ( ) * Amir Tal, /v\ / System Administrator /( )X (m_m) | |ICQ : 15748705 | (_)_ __ | | | '_ \| | | \ \/ / | | | | | | |_| |> < |_)_|_|_| |_|__,_/_/\ http://whatsup.homelinux.com --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] email on home network
Mike & Tracy Holt wrote: > Hello all, hope this isn't too newbie. > Here's my dilema: > I'm on dsl behind a netgear router using portmapping to my linux server > which handles a web page, ftp, quake server, etc... I've been wanting to > set up an email server for learning experience; so people could email me > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > I finally sat down and tried it using postfix, yet I don't have a CLUE > what I'm doing! I thought this would be as simple as setting up http; > just start the postfix daemon, make sure there is a user account on the > server, then just jump on another computer and send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and it should automatically appear on my server - > right? I can't find squat for online docs (in simple terms at least) and > it's just not working the way I expect :-( > > Help? > Mike > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Umm Jump on the machine running postfix and use mozilla to go to https://127.0.0.1:1 login is root password is your root password click on the servers tab click on postfix click on general Now the doamin names you receive mail for are your hostname or your host's domain or what you fill in the blank. The most powerful blank filling you can do is name a file like /var/postfix/mydomains then fill that file with hostnames and IP addresses if your host doesn't have nameservice. I had a domain with mail to the domain forwarded to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and postfix was set to that same 209. Later I reassigned nameservers so they were the ones my ISP used, and then I had to change to the named domains. YOu will see there are a lot of variables for postfix configuration (about 100) but those first three will make a working mailserver. Please note that there is a link for nearly every one of the variables and the link is to aqn info/explanation page. Good luck with your mail... Oh yes, make sure you allow the mail to try the null MX domain otherwise users trying to mail each other on the local net may get "mail loops back to me" errors. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] email on home network
Whoa! There is a bunch of stuff you gota do before sending and recieving email. First off ya gota get yourself one of them there domain names. Next ya gota setup the dns so that email going to your domain goes to the correct ip plus ya gota set the priority for that mail server ip. If your running Webmin which I would recomend you do go to the postfix server and under general options enter what domain to use in outbound mail and next what domain to recieve mail for. Next on your dsl router map ports 25 and 110 to the machine that is running postfix. Mapping port 110 will alow you to pop mail from outside your network like from work. If everything is setup correctly it should work. The importat thing is the dns settings. I run my own dns so I dont have to depend on outside tech support to get it right. On Star Date Saturday 19 January 2002 12:13 am, Mike & Tracy Holt sent this sub-space message. > Hello all, hope this isn't too newbie. > Here's my dilema: > I'm on dsl behind a netgear router using portmapping to my linux server > which handles a web page, ftp, quake server, etc... I've been wanting to > set up an email server for learning experience; so people could email me > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > I finally sat down and tried it using postfix, yet I don't have a CLUE > what I'm doing! I thought this would be as simple as setting up http; > just start the postfix daemon, make sure there is a user account on the > server, then just jump on another computer and send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and it should automatically appear on my server - > right? I can't find squat for online docs (in simple terms at least) and > it's just not working the way I expect :-( > > Help? > Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] email on home network
Whoa! There is a bunch of stuff you gota do before sending and recieving email. First off ya gota get yourself one of them there domain names. Next ya gota setup the dns so that email going to your domain goes to the correct ip plus ya gota set the priority for that mail server ip. If your running Webmin which I would recomend you do go to the postfix server and under general options enter what domain to use in outbound mail and next what domain to recieve mail for. Next on your dsl router map ports 25 and 110 to the machine that is running postfix. Mapping port 110 will alow you to pop mail from outside your network like from work. If everything is setup correctly it should work. The importat thing is the dns settings. I run my own dns so I dont have to depend on outside tech support to get it right. On Star Date Saturday 19 January 2002 12:13 am, Mike & Tracy Holt sent this sub-space message. > Hello all, hope this isn't too newbie. > Here's my dilema: > I'm on dsl behind a netgear router using portmapping to my linux server > which handles a web page, ftp, quake server, etc... I've been wanting to > set up an email server for learning experience; so people could email me > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > I finally sat down and tried it using postfix, yet I don't have a CLUE > what I'm doing! I thought this would be as simple as setting up http; > just start the postfix daemon, make sure there is a user account on the > server, then just jump on another computer and send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and it should automatically appear on my server - > right? I can't find squat for online docs (in simple terms at least) and > it's just not working the way I expect :-( > > Help? > Mike --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] email on home network
On Sat, 19 Jan 2002 00:13:20 -0800 (PST) Mike & Tracy Holt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all, hope this isn't too newbie. > Here's my dilema: > I'm on dsl behind a netgear router using portmapping to my linux server > which handles a web page, ftp, quake server, etc... I've been wanting to > set up an email server for learning experience; so people could email me > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > I finally sat down and tried it using postfix, yet I don't have a CLUE > what I'm doing! I thought this would be as simple as setting up http; > just start the postfix daemon, make sure there is a user account on the > server, then just jump on another computer and send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and it should automatically appear on my server - > right? I can't find squat for online docs (in simple terms at least) and > it's just not working the way I expect :-( > > Help? > Mike I'm using PostFix and the other day started a web page for my own use. I've made some stupid errors in the early PostFix configuration attempts and don't mind sharing the mistakes. The spam problem is zero now, and I *love* it... :^) see http://pfortin.com/Linux/PostFix Feel free to critique my efforts... :^) HTH, Pierre Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] email on home network
Thanks everyone who responded!!! Postfix is now up and running! I was starting to pull my hair out (which is a bad thing considering my lack of it), and then after reading all of your replies, things started making more sense. I'm going to keep reading the comments / howto's and see if I can't figure out what all those 100 options are Thanks again! Mike -- Michael & Tracy Holt Kirkland, WA[EMAIL PROTECTED] ===< Unix is all about taking big rocks and turning them into little rocks - Windows is all about taking sand... and dumping it in your gas tank... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
