Is it just for you? install postfix,
read the comments and edit /etc/postfix/main.cf to setup your mail server.. pay particular attention to the defer_smtp as you want to turn that on. setup your dialup account. in the ip-up.local file in /etc/ppp (if its not there, create it and make it executable..) then add the command: sendmail -q That will send all queued mail when the box is connected. then, to retrieve mail from your ISP,, configure fetchmail (install fetchmail and run fetchmailconf) to connect to your ISP and login and retrieve mail (its easy from the fetchmailconf GUI),, fetchmail will by default I believe hands retrieved mail to postfix. Then all you have to do is make sure that postfix delivers that mail locally to your account, which you can setup (via pop3, (install the imap rpm and enable pop3 in /etc/xinitd.d by removing disable=yes) then configure your outlook client to use your linux box as pop and smtp server, with your local account on the linux box as username. you can also configure fetchmail to just dump your retrieved mail into a local user box and bypass postfix entirely for retrieval, (though its needed for sending mail, so you might as well leave it as is.) hope that helps, I wrote that all off the top of my head, but I think thats how I set it up. rgds Frank -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Gerbrandt Bouwer Sent: Thursday, 15 November 2001 1:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux use as Mail Server I appriciate your trouble ,Thank You ,but I've got no idea of where even to start setting up my e-mail server, where would I be able te get detailed help on setting up my e-mail server. I've been trying to set up this mail server on my own for weeks now and I cant get it right. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vincent A.Primavera" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Gerbrandt Bouwer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 6:19 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux use as Mail Server > Hello, > Postfix, highly recommended... > > Thank you, > Vincent A. Primavera. > > On Wednesday 31 October 2001 06:17 pm, Gerbrandt Bouwer wrote: > > I would like to use linux mandrake as a mail server for my company, I want > > my server to dial out 3 times a day and download my new messages and send > > out my unsend messages. The new messages that are downloaded should be > > displayed in my Outlook Express program running on my Windows 2000 > > Professional system. Is this possiable? and if it is HOW?. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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