Derek Jennings wrote: > On Monday 27 June 2005 17:51, James M0TJC wrote: > >>Hi All, >> >>I have just setup a new domain name, with my ISP, and I have some choices >>on the email side. >> >>I can either use POP3 to download, or, have the mails forwarded to my >>static IP. >> >>Which software would I need for this? I'm assuming that It's something like >>sendmail or fetchmail or similar? >> >>Any advice appreciated! >> >>Thanks, >> >>James > > > You can indeed use fetchmail to collect the mail from your ISPs POP3 server, > but there is no need to. You could just as easily simply use your mail > client, Kmail,Evolution,Thunderbird etc to fetch the mails. > > The only reason you might want to use fetchmail was if you wanted to do some > kind of processing on the mails before handing them to a mail client. > (Processing might include scanning them for spam or Windows viruses) > > As for mails "forwarded to my static IP", I assume you mean using SMTP > protocol in which case a mail server such as Sendmail (or the Mandriva > default mail server Postfix) would be able to receive them. But once again I > would ask why you would go to the trouble of running a mail server just to > receive mails from your ISP. (Unless of course you just want the fun of > trying :-) > > See my website for detailed instructions on setting up a Postfix mail server. > Its way more complicated than you need, but you can pick out the bits you > want > to try. > > derek If it is like the setup I used to run, the ISP sets the MX DNS record to the static IP address, so your mail goes directly to your mail server. They may set up their mail server as a secondary mail server for the domain.
One other reasion to run your own mail server is finer control of what mail you recieve. It is also kind of nice to be able to create email accounts "on the fly"... Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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