Thanks! I'll see what I can find... /Søren > -----Original Message----- > From: Gerrit P. Haase [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 31. august 2001 00:23 > To: Søren Pingel Dalsgaard > Subject: Re: smtp? > > > Søren Pingel Dalsgaard schrieb am 2001-08-30, 23:31: > > >Hi, > > > >I would like to setup my Win2000 machine with cygwin as a mail > server. Can > >you help me? I saw that you wrote something about ssmtp and smptd and I > >think that you might be able to help me!? > > > >Thanks, > > Søren > > > >PS: I tried running ssmtp-config but I haven't got a clue what > to answer... > > > > Hi Søren, > > Unfortunately i had problems with file locking, so the solution with > smtpd didn't work very well. > > With cygwin comes this tool: ssmtp.exe > But it is only able to send out mail to one fix IP adress. > The answers to the config are easy, it will write this file: > > # > # /etc/ssmtp.conf -- a config file for sSMTP sendmail. > # > # The person who gets all mail for userids < 10 > root=Siebenschalefer > # The place where the mail goes. The actual machine name is required > # no MX records are consulted. Commonly mailhosts are named > mail.domain.com > # The example will fit if you are in domain.com and you mailhub > is so named. > mailhub=familiehaase.dynu.com > # Where will the mail seem to come from? > rewriteDomain=familiehaase.de > # The full hostname > hostname=(loreley.)familiehaase.de > # Set this to never rewrite the "From:" line (unless not given) and to > # use that address in the "from line" of the envelope. > FromLineOverride=YES > > Really important is only one Information: > mailhub=your.mailserver.here > thats the name or the IP-adress where ssmtp should send its email to. > May also be the mailserver of your ISP. > Play around with the other options, once it is working. > > You will need a mail server which is reachable by ssmtp, i use mailtraq > which is a proxy,mail,web,ftp,nntp,gateway,fetchmail,fetchnews,......... > all-in-one server, works just fine, needs less memory. mailtraq.com > > For windows (which version do you use, server?, professional?) there are > some more out there. I built xmailserver, but there is also a binary > there, it is completely free, and works well, also provides a sendmail > emulation which could be used for cygwin instead of ssmtp. > Xmailserver also > does fetchmail from several pop3 servers for you, i like it, and > there will > be a 1.0 release soon. It has powerful filtering abilities and there are > also tools for gui administration. http://xmailserver.org > > I used a long time dmail from netwinsite which is free for personal > use and very good! ( http://www.netwinsite.com/dmail/download.htm ) > Very easy to use GUI, really great for the beginning. Stable and fast. > > I hope that helps, > > Gerrit > > -- > Isn't a mailserver included in win2000? > > -- > =^..^= > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
