Hi!
I have recently converted myself to a Linux user and am trying to make
it my File & Print Server along with my Mail Server. Everyone whom I
asked, referred my to qmail as the best MTA for the Mail Server. So I
downloaded the source files and followed the instructions to remove
sendmail and install qmail.
Well, during the installation, I had one slight problem after the
installation recognised my domain name - a soft error because the setup
could not resolve the domain name. It asked me set up the control/me
file manually. Everything else worked well.
I am able to see the daemons start up properly when I reboot. However,
when I try the TEST.deliver (test message to self), I am faced with the
problem. The mail does not reach me. In the log files it says something
like CNAME error.
I went through the FAQ and found out that this is happening becasue the
DNS server is down. This makes sense because my machine is not set up
for DNS. I was wondering whether DNS is really required if I am going to
send messages locally (on the intranet).
Basically, I have about 25 Win9x clients on this Linux server. I have
implemented SAMBA as the PDC to emulate NT. I also want this Linux
server to act as my mail server. Ideally, I would like the users to use
Netscape or similar packages to send and receive mails to other users in
the organisation (same domain name) and to the outside world (through a
dial-up connection to an ISP) - all through qmail.
Can I use qmail in this regard? If so, please help me go through the
steps required to install qmail. I have just started poking around with
Linux (Red Hat 5.2) and am not a UNIX guru, hence some elementary help
would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in anticipation of your
response.
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Viral Shah
