From: "Jeremias Galletti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 20:22:12 -0300
Hello,
I'm trying to migrate from Windows 98 to Linux. Now I'm using my
computer mainly for email, so a good email implementation is vital
to my system. I've read the Mail-HOWTO and it recommends
people to use qmail instead of sendmail. I've successfully
downloaded and compiled qmail, but so far I haven't been able to
configure it right.
The first problem arises when I have to tell qmail my FQDN. I
connect to the Internet through my ISP, which assigns me a
different dynamic IP address every time. My hostname is precious,
so what should my FQDN be?
I have a similar needs & configuration, though I'm connected through
mediaone.net via a cable modem. When they hooked me up, they assigned
the name "h0050da615e79.ne.mediaone.net", based on the ether address.
They arrange to have that name resolve to my DHCP-assigned IP address,
so that is what I've arranged "hostname" to return, ugly as it is. This
way mailing lists (qmail in particular) can dump mail into my SMTP port,
and I can use the full power of .qmail files for the envelope address,
without having to go through the tiny little pipe, i.e. one subscriber
address, provided by MediaOne.
I played aroung with different FQDN values and found that
[EMAIL PROTECTED] seems to work. But when I try to
send an email locally, I get different error messages saying
something about one of qmail's daemons not being able to chdir to
the mail directory. I've created mailboxes for root and my username
with the utility included with qmail. Do I have to change the
directory permissions?
Mail to root won't work, due to security considerations. Put your
address (not your maildir path) in the ~alias/.qmail-root file.
Otherwise, you should be more specific about your configuration, perhaps
by including
ls -ld ~/ ~/Maildir/
head ~/.qmail*
And is your hostname precious, or is your user name precious?
I've read all the qmail docs I could find, and so far they seem to be
oriented to big systems. Should I use qmail? . . .
Any tips, suggestions or pointers would be really appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
--
Jerem�as Galletti
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
ICQ# 38969513
I find it worthwhile, even on my minimal net:
1. Using .qmail-foo to subscribe to the foo list is really
convenient for traffic management (though of course there are other
solutions);
2. It allows me to give my wife her own email address with POP
service on my machine, since MediaOne still hasn't delivered on multiple
email addresses per cable account;
3. I can contemplate setting up low-volume mailing lists for groups
of friends (though I haven't actually done this yet); and
4. Anything to avoid having to learn sendmail.cf hackery.
-- Bob Rogers
