john gennard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've installed v.1.03 from a src.deb package onto Debian Potato.
> There is a large volume of literature which I've spent some days
> reading and can't find explanations for a number of points (entirely
> due to my semi- computer literate state).
Please do not take this as a flame, insult, or pointless reply, but if (by
your own admission) you are only semi-literate in computers, what are you
doing installing a Unix MTA?
Perhaps you should instead use something like mutt to read mail off your ISP's
POP3 or IMAP server, and transfer any outgoing mail to them with a relay-only
MTA like nullmailer.
> I connect to an ISP by dialling with a modem and have just two user
> accounts. I've never really understood the concept of a FQDN and so
> can't with confidence create a /var/qmail/control file. Hypothetically,
> my ISP is heaven.com, I call my box eden and have users adam and
> eve, what is my FQDN? (I log in as say garden - so outsiders email
> me as [EMAIL PROTECTED]).
You don't have an FQDN. Well, you do, but it changes everytime you connect,
and it's something like "dialin-254-43-129-32-us-west.spurious.isp.net".
> I fail to understand exactly what part alias plays in the setup. At
> a minimum, I should create three - root, postmaster and
> mailer-daemon, but do I need any for my user accounts and why?
No, and it's a big discussion.
> With the simple setup I have should I bother with the dot-forward,
> daemontools and fastforward packages?
No.
> I know these are very simple questions, but could someone give
> a simple explanation to help me along. What I would ideally like is
> a write up for a minimal setup for the type of installation I have -
> it seems none exists or else I can't find it.
qmail is designed for well-connected hosts (read: your internet connection is
fast and always-on). While it can be made to do what you want it to do, it
isn't completely trivial, and probably requires more Unix system
administration skills to install, configure, and maintain than you currently
posess. Lurk in this list for a few months, and you may pick up enough to get
there.
Charles
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