> The plan is to use the port forwarding feature in the router but at this
> point I'm only certain of the web port being 80, is there one for mail?
Mail uses SMTP port 25 to send out. See /etc/services for other port numbers.
> On that note is sendmail the software of choice or is there something
> else out there that people like better? Sorry if I don't have all the
> intelligent questions yet but am looking for somewhere to start.
The alternatives (and more secure) are postfix (in LM7.1) or QMail.
Thanks... Dan.