Jonathan, > From: "Jonathan Hurst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 19:01:31 -0400 > > I have gotten everything to work the way I want too.
Congratulations! ;-) > I am using Eigerstein, turned on the port forwarding, my webserver > is working. Also nice. > I can forward ports needed to setup an e-mail. You mean SMTP (port 25)? > My question is how do I set up sendmail on Redhat Linux 7.2? To *not* answer your question: May I suggest "Postfix" http://www.postfix.org (NB. don't use the Redhat postfix RPM's, the ones from Simon Mudd are better). It's faster (2 to 3 times on the same hardware seems typical), *much* easier to configure (you can *read* the config files!) and and more secure (as far as I know it hasn't yet had a *single* remote security problem!). > Do I have to name it mydomain.com for it to work (I have a an acount > with TZO to redirect to the proper dns name and I use roadrunner. Sorry, *I* don't know enough about your specifics to help on this bit... > All the manuals for sendnail are written for a staic ip. Is it any > differnt with a dynamic IP? I know this question vague. I would > appreciate any help. In general SMTP with a dynamic IP is at the minimum a PIA and probably impossible. I use a setup with a Port forwarding LEAF, Postfix and a fixed IP with *great* success. The fundemental problem is that the *sender* contacts you to deliver the email. That means that the *sender* must be able to determine your IP address at any time. Is TZO one of these "dynaic DNS" people? I am afraid that I have *no* knowledge or experience with such. If the sender gets the *wrong* IP (your IP has just changed and the dynamic DNS bit is not yet updated...), the sender will try to deliver your email to the *wrong* mail server. Your email will either dissapear into cyber-space or be "bounced" if you are lucky! Hope this helps a bit, Greetings Mark Plowman _______________________________________________ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user
