Re: Fwd: newbee help on freebsd email server setup
Sorry to jump thread, i am also interested in setting a mail server up, i have setup bsd as an internet gateway and cvs server for my development work, i would like to setup a pop server of some kind to download all my email every few mins from my other pop server, then i can setup an imap link to the server to view my email, is this possible ? thank you there are many in ports i am running a simple freebsd server dedicated for email so far anyway i want to have about 15 people getting email do you have any reccommendations? (wont hold ya to it) thanks again den - Original Message - From: Lowell Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 9:10 AM Subject: Re: Fwd: newbee help on freebsd email server setup here is the problem i cant track down.when i send mail to an account set up on mailserver (thru adduser) and using an remote source email server.when i use a pc through windows 2000 running outlook express i cannot retrieve the mail...it comes back with error message 550 host unknown Outlook Express is probably trying to use POP or some other mailbox protocol (maybe IMAP) to download the messages. Sendmail has nothing to do with it at this level; you need a POP server to allow POP downloading of messages. There are several in the ports system. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Fwd: newbee help on freebsd email server setup
On Sun, Nov 23, 2003 at 09:50:07PM +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry to jump thread, i am also interested in setting a mail server up, i have setup bsd as an internet gateway and cvs server for my development work, i would like to setup a pop server of some kind to download all my email every few mins from my other pop server, then i can setup an imap link to the server to view my email, is this possible ? Yes. Have a look at ports/mail/imap-uw. -- Jonathan Chen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Vini, vidi, velcro... I came, I saw, I stuck around ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Fwd: newbee help on freebsd email server setup
thank you there are many in ports i am running a simple freebsd server dedicated for email so far anyway i want to have about 15 people getting email do you have any reccommendations? (wont hold ya to it) thanks again den - Original Message - From: Lowell Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 9:10 AM Subject: Re: Fwd: newbee help on freebsd email server setup here is the problem i cant track down.when i send mail to an account set up on mailserver (thru adduser) and using an remote source email server.when i use a pc through windows 2000 running outlook express i cannot retrieve the mail...it comes back with error message 550 host unknown Outlook Express is probably trying to use POP or some other mailbox protocol (maybe IMAP) to download the messages. Sendmail has nothing to do with it at this level; you need a POP server to allow POP downloading of messages. There are several in the ports system. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Fwd: newbee help on freebsd email server setup
here is the problem i cant track down.when i send mail to an account set up on mailserver (thru adduser) and using an remote source email server.when i use a pc through windows 2000 running outlook express i cannot retrieve the mail...it comes back with error message 550 host unknown Outlook Express is probably trying to use POP or some other mailbox protocol (maybe IMAP) to download the messages. Sendmail has nothing to do with it at this level; you need a POP server to allow POP downloading of messages. There are several in the ports system. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fwd: newbee help on freebsd email server setup
This belongs on -questions; forwarding there. (To Dennis: you don't need to worry about registering to -questions, as you should be CC'ed any replies. You might want to read the style guide here: http://www.lemis.com/email.html and the general guide here: http://www.lemis.com/questions.html .) Original Message Nov. 19, 2003 Dennis M. Yocum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote hello still a newbee too i would like to ask a few questions in setting up my mailserver environment is simple.intel based solely running freebsd 4.7 right now wnd sendmail 8.12.6 and qpopper 4.0.4 all are running without error.i think the host command is replying correctly my remote dns service a and mx records are fine ping to the name resolves correctly host-names file modified with names inetd running modules without error messages mailserver sees internet ok here is the problem i cant track down.when i send mail to an account set up on mailserver (thru adduser) and using an remote source email server.when i use a pc through windows 2000 running outlook express i cannot retrieve the mail...it comes back with error message 550 host unknown can anyone steer me in the right direction.checked freebsd handbookfreebsd in 24 hoursand usual sites faq... thanks den _ Gift-shop online from the comfort of home at MSN Shopping! No crowds, free parking. http://shopping.msn.com ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
