Hi Patrick, > I am setting up a new qpopper server, and I am a complete newbie to > setting up mail in the unix/linux world. I have configured an exchange > box on ms, but that is easy as you just click through the wizards. > Anyway, how does it work?
Welcome :) You'll find linux and qpopper a lot more friendly and easier to use than Exchange. You'll also find the debugging and performance many times better than Exchange ever was. > How does Qpopper know that it is supposed to > server the mail for a particular domain, or is this accomplished by an > mx record? You'll need to run an SMTP server on your linux server. I'd recommend exim (www.exim.org) Qpopper is a pop3 server which will read mail from /var/spool/mail/$username (by default) Exim is a smtp daemon (aka server) which will accept connections on port 25 and deliver mail for your local users to their mailboxes in /var/spool/mail > if they set there smtp server to the same as the pop > server will they be able to send mail, or am I just crazy Crazy? No, but you will need an SMTP server running on the same host. Exchange did pop3 and smtp where qpopper only does pop3 Hope this helps ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick O'Neal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Subscribers of Qpopper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 10:25 AM Subject: setting up a new QPopper server > All, > > I am setting up a new qpopper server, and I am a complete newbie to > setting up mail in the unix/linux world. I have configured an exchange > box on ms, but that is easy as you just click through the wizards. > Anyway, how does it work? How does Qpopper know that it is supposed to > server the mail for a particular domain, or is this accomplished by an > mx record? also, since I am going to allow clients to connect to my > server and they will need to send email as well, does qpopper send mail > another words, if they set there smtp server to the same as the pop > server will they be able to send mail, or am I just crazy. I know this > sounds like duh, he should know this, but once again in the MS world > things are done by a simple wizard and then click and point. I haven't > been in the Unix/Linux world very long, but I know that it has been > easier so far even though there are no click and point wizards. So > anyway, please respond. PS I know that SMTP and POP use different ports > so I realize that unless qpopper listens on both ports, it cannot send > mail. Thanks, > > Patrick O'Neal > webmaster and more > > www.awofm.info > >
