oops pahabol, I noticed the "dial-up" word after I wrote this entire thing...operatign your own dial-up service changes the game of course (its still a closed network). if dial-up is what yur putting up, pls ignore this last paragraph...
hth jondz > 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
