Re: [Eug-lug] receiving email on Debian

2005-01-07 Thread Bob Miller
Allen Brown wrote: > Is there any reason to be running sendmail *and* postfix on > the same system? (One of the IT managed systems here are > set up that way.) No, that's a bad idea. However, note that all the MTAs install a program called sendmail (usually /usr/sbin/sendmail or similar) becaus

Re: [Eug-lug] receiving email on Debian

2005-01-06 Thread Allen Brown
Allen Brown wrote: What packages/daemons to I need to receive email over the LAN? I have a RedHat7.2 system that I am trying to reboot as Debian Sarge 3.1. A lot works. Mail forwarded from the HPUX system makes it to the system when it is booted as RedHat7.2 but not when it is Debian. cvuxec <-

Re: [Eug-lug] receiving email on Debian

2005-01-06 Thread John Sechrest
Just one of them. Pick one of: qmail postfix sendmail exim4 Exim4 is the default on debian and is a drop in replacement for sendmail. Allen Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: % exim4 + postfix? Or just one of them? %

Re: [Eug-lug] receiving email on Debian

2005-01-06 Thread larry price
On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 10:11:54 -0800, Allen Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That is probably the problem. I don't seem to be running > any of them. I will install postfix and see if that fixes > the problem. > > Is there any reason to be running sendmail *and* postfix on > the same system? (On

Re: [Eug-lug] receiving email on Debian

2005-01-06 Thread John Sechrest
You have to configure exim4 to be a recieving internet host. You do this with dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config Allen Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: % I was using "mail". Once I see the mail is arriving I will % change over to mozilla. That isn't the problem. The mail % doesn't arrive

Re: [Eug-lug] receiving email on Debian

2005-01-06 Thread Allen Brown
exim4 + postfix? Or just one of them? -- Allen Brown work: Agilent Technologies non-work: http://www.peak.org/~abrown/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn't have a space program. --- Larry Niven John Sechrest w

Re: [Eug-lug] receiving email on Debian

2005-01-06 Thread Allen Brown
That is probably the problem. I don't seem to be running any of them. I will install postfix and see if that fixes the problem. Is there any reason to be running sendmail *and* postfix on the same system? (One of the IT managed systems here are set up that way.) (Sorry if you get two of these.

Re: [Eug-lug] receiving email on Debian

2005-01-06 Thread Allen Brown
That is probably the problem. I don't seem to be running any of them. I will install postfix and see if that fixes the problem. Is there any reason to be running sendmail *and* postfix on the same system? (One of the IT managed systems here are set up that way.) -- Allen Brown work: Agilent

Re: [Eug-lug] receiving email on Debian

2005-01-06 Thread Allen Brown
I was using "mail". Once I see the mail is arriving I will change over to mozilla. That isn't the problem. The mail doesn't arrive onto the computer. -- Allen Brown work: Agilent Technologies non-work: http://www.peak.org/~abrown/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [Eug-lug] receiving email on Debian

2005-01-06 Thread larry price
what MTA are you running on the debian system, by default it will have exim configured submit only, If you are going to be using it as a mailhost, I would suggest replacing exim with sendmail or postfix, (or qmail if that's your flavor) If you are already up and running with an MTA, DNSis the firs

Re: [Eug-lug] receiving email on Debian

2005-01-06 Thread Max Lemieux
Allen, What is your email client? Packages like mutt are common in Debian. You shouldn't need anything very special, AFAIK... Is your firewall/iptables configured to let mail through? -Max Allen Brown wrote: What packages/daemons to I need to receive email over the LAN? I have a RedHat7.2 system

[Eug-lug] receiving email on Debian

2005-01-06 Thread Allen Brown
What packages/daemons to I need to receive email over the LAN? I have a RedHat7.2 system that I am trying to reboot as Debian Sarge 3.1. A lot works. Mail forwarded from the HPUX system makes it to the system when it is booted as RedHat7.2 but not when it is Debian. cvuxec <--> cvlx21 H