ok, thankyou mike. i am a rr customer too, running a server with an external dynamic dns server. it works great behind my rr connection; i'm just not sure how to set up email for my friends without becoming a spam box.
my email is mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] vora > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mike Burger > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 12:58 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: postfix woes > > > I'm a Road Runner customer, too, but I'm running my server on my > connection. > > When I did it, I got a good bit of help from a friend. > > I'm tied up until Monday, but if you want, I can try to send you > copies of > the various things that I had to put into my config files, etc., offline. > > Once I've compiled them into something usable to the rest of the > community (a > how-to, or just a guideline), I'll post something to the redhat lists > pointing to it. > > vvor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > he is a road runner dhcp client. i would like to create a > system account for > > him for his domain and have him receive/send thru my server. > > > > i would like him to authenticate with ssl if possible. i would > like to set > > stuff up for about 4-5 other people to do this, but dread > adding mysterious > > *libs andstuff and ultimately having nothing work for anybody. > everything > > currently works perfectly! > > > > is there a tutorial for this type of situation? > > > > thanks for you help! > > > > vora > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mike Burger > > > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 6:16 AM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: postfix woes > > > > > > > > > You don't "have to start relaying mail for him at his apartment"...but > > > you could, if you wanted to. That not withstanding, he could > > > relay through his own ISP, and still POP3 or IMAP from your server. > > > > > > Relaying is an on/off thing, in that you can turn it on and > off, but it's > > > not that black and white. You can open up relaying on a case > by case, IP > > > by IP, system by system basis, or you could create an acount, as you > > > noted in your last question, and have him authenticate. You > could also > > > use an authentication system...2 of which are POP-Before-SMTP and > > > SMTP-AUTH. > > > > > > POP-Before-SMTP requires running a patched POP3 daemon, another daemon > > > like DRAC to maintain a database, and adding that database to the > > > "mynetworks =" line in /etc/postfix/main.cf. > > > > > > SMTP-AUTH requires a version of Postfix that supports it, and > a bunch of > > > configuration modifications...and if you want to really secure > > > it, you can > > > set up TLS/SSL, too. > > > > > > Does your friend have a static IP for his connection? If so, > setting up > > > relaying for him is relatively trivial, and it won't render > you an open > > > relay (so you probably won't get listed in the black hole > lists). Just > > > add his IP to the "mynetworks = " list in your > > > /etc/postfix/main.cf file. > > > You can either add his IP address to the "mynetworks =" line, > or, if you > > > have a list in a separate file, referenced on the "mynetworks =" line, > > > just add the IP to that list...either way, run "service > postfix reload" > > > when you're done. > > > > > > If your friend does not have an actual account on your > system, how is he > > > receiving mail for this domain? Are you using the virtual user > > > functionality and forwarding it to his actual ISP-provided email > > > address? > > > If so, then he's already sending/receiving via his ISP, and you > > > don't have > > > to change your relay setup in any way. > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, vvor wrote: > > > > > > > sorry if this is the wrong place for this, but no one > answers me on the > > > > postfix list, and i just saw a postfix post on this list... > > > > > > > > i set up my friends domain on my server: web, ftp, and > mail. web and ftp > > > > were easy. for mail, i am using postfix. he doesn't live inside > > > my internal > > > > network, so is it true that i have to start relaying mail > for him at his > > > > apartment? is relaying an "on/off" thing? i.e., if i turn on > > > relaying for > > > > him, does that mean i will become a black hole? should i > create a system > > > > account for him and authenticate? > > > > > > > > sorry, i am a little lost... > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Seawolf-list mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Seawolf-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list > > > > > > -- > Mike Burger > http://www.bubbanfriends.org > > Visit the Dog Pound II BBS > telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org, or http://dogpound2.citadel.org:2000 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Seawolf-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
