I was trying my hands on the article of setting up your mail server (from "flurdy.com") based on UBUNTU http://flurdy.com/docs/postfix/ when I came across this line
/*** Next you need to decide whether to send all outgoing mail via another SMTP server, or send them yourself. I send via my ISP's server, so it has to worry about the queing etc. If you send it yourself then you are not reliant on 3rd party server. But you may risk more exposure and accidentally be blocked by spam blockers. And it is more work for your server. Also many servers block dynamic dns hosts, so you may find your server gets rejected. However choose whichever you are comfortable with. # leave blank to do it yourself relayhost = # or put it an accessible smtp server relayhost = smtp.yourisp.com ***/ the changes are supposed to be made in the "main.cf" i.e. the configuration file of postfix. And I am not able to understand what should I put as relay host. Should I put "smtp.gmail.com" or should I use "mail.epiphany.com" (where epiphany is the name of my pc/laptop) I have been told that using only gmail smtp will not work since the isp will not deliver these messages in the first place, they dont want people using their networks at home to host professional email services for free. So is there any service provider where I can apply for free relayhost service..?? Any suggestions and recommendations are desperately welcome. Regards, Abhinav Badola -- Mailing list guidelines and other related articles: http://lug-iitd.org/Footer
