Thanks for the tip. I'll check them out later tonight. I have found a site that nicely steps through the processes needed for configuring a server (http://www.siliconvalleyccie.com/ - either scroll down, or click the "Linux Server Setup" link). This site gives decent instructions/steps for most of the common things people want to do with their Linux server (web server, DNS configuration, dynamic DNS, email server, LDAP, etc.)
As for sendmail, it turns out it defaults to only accepting traffic on the Local interface (127.0.0.1). So it has to be configured to accept traffic on each of the desired interfaces. I took a quick look at this, and determined that Suse did not follow the standard sendmail naming standards (the /etc/mail/sendmail.mc file is called /etc/mail/linux.mc, and it's contents are customised as well). So, I'll start through this again tonight. My appologies to the group for my frustrations last night. Shawn -----Original Message----- From: timmy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 11:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: (clug-talk) More email server frustrations Why not give qmail a shot? Qmail and vpopmail are a good combo, easy to use and setup. You can get management guis for them, so you can add/remove/edit domains and users via the web. Check out www.inter7.com, they have lots of cool software there. Just a thought.... On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 23:39:33 -0700, Shawn Grover wrote: >The Postfix/Cyrus combination seemed to be a no go for me (search of the >Cyrus archives didn't reveal anything useful pertaining to the error I was >getting). So I thought I would try Sendmail. Installed it, and am able to >SEND mail (from the server) to external mailboxes. I next installed QPopper >for the POP3 interface. It doesn't appear to need any special configuration >(Suse handles the basics for you), and I can open port 110 (even if the >server closes it right away - the resulting messges look normal). However, >when I try to hook up KMail to it, or Outlook from my Windows workstation, I >get errors. Yet I can see in the /etc/mail folder that there IS mail >waiting for me. >I've looked for details on this but I think I'm too tired and frustrated >right now to do a proper search and understand the results. Anyone deal >with this before? >I'm close to dropping linux off my server, and reinstalling a windows >platform - I KNOW I can have an email server in a couple of hours that way. >It would beat the two+ days I've spent trying to get a Linux email server >running. Maybe I'm just not bright enough for this task.... Or, the >learning curve is MUCH MUCH steeper than I anticipated..... >Anyways, I'm done venting. My appologies for it. But I would appreciate >any tips for sendmail/qpopper. Thanks in advance. I'm digging deeper >through the config files now.... <sighs> >Shawn >(PS. I looked a Kroupware and Citadel. Kroupware isn't far enough along >for my taste yet. Citadel is a drastic shift in the approach I've elected >to take (postfix/cyrus, or sendmail/pop3), but I haven't ruled it out yet).
