> Message: 4 > Date: 15 Sep 2003 12:25:24 -0400 > From: JondZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [plug] cloning-edsamail > To: Philippine Linux Users Group Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain > > 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).
ok... > 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... yes, it will be similar to BBSes of the old days a simple scenario would be: user dials-up using an email-client or DUN downloads mail, hangs-up or server would automatically hang-up the line once the messages are downloaded/uploaded. postfix will be the MTA, and the system will only accept one caller at a time. i've already setup postfix to transmit email from this PC directly and recieve messages using getmail, now the hard part is the remote logins and handling the downloads/uploads of messages to/from the users. do i need to setup PPP? mgetty? there seems to be some editing of the /etc/services file, am i right? i've already search the web for howto's and came up empty. even looked at edsamails website to get a hint on how they do things. anyway, thanks! --- 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
