they can be separate or the same box. for POP3, your worry is make sure that [EMAIL PROTECTED] arrives to your host/s, so you can catch the emails and relay them to your pop3 server (which could be the same box).
If you just put a host and attach a domain name it might just work. If you want many receiving mail hosts (for redunancey), you'll need many MX entries and configure those hosts to receive and/or relay mail to your pop server. You can put them mail hosts on separate networks if you want--in fact they dont even have to belong to the same domain name. (you need config of DNS and sendmail/qmail/whatever_mta_you_want). SMTP is your bigger problem: since yur clients are connecting from all over the place, you'll have to decide if you want to deal with allowing them to route mail thru you. So you'll have to find out and decide if its worth opening your SMTP box to be a potential open relay. spammers will LIKE you if you make a mistake on this. I was trying to figure out this problem last year but decided it wasn't worth the trouble and just told people to use their own ISP's smtp servers. The other possible solution I had at that time was this "pop-before-smtp" feature that I heard about. (but I dont know how to do that (was lazy)). jondz On Mon, 2003-09-15 at 08:56, Nubian wrote: > hello! > > if I wanted to provide a similar service like edsamail > what are some of the stuff I need to have, to know, etc. > I know you need to have your own domain name > and run a mail server (of course!), now the question is: > do i need to have two separate PCs to handle SMTP and > POP3 or can I use just one to serve both? > > the basic idea is similar to edsamail (dial-up POP3/SMTP) > but without the proprietary client, meaning you can use > any email client available. > > thanks for your help. > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.515 / Virus Database: 313 - Release Date: 9/1/03 > > -- > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > . > To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > . > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie -- JondZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
