I am currently both a pacbell user and have sendmail running flawlessly to send mail out.
Hesperant ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rod Roark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 3:54 PM Subject: Re: [vox-tech] Can I do this? > On Tuesday 05 March 2002 15:42, Richard Crawford wrote: > > All I'm asking is whether this is possible, just so I can demonstrate my > > own lack of knowledge about e-mail and how the internet works. > > > > I'm running my RH7.2 computer at home, and I have Pacbell as my DSL > > provider. When I send out mail, of course, I send it through Pacbell's > > servers. > > > > Is it possible to run a mail server on my own box so that I don't have > > to send through Pacbell's servers? I understand that I'd have to do > > some security tightening to make sure no one uses my box for spamming. > > > > So... Is it possible? > > Of course, assuming PB does not prohibit it. I recommend Postfix. > > -- Rod > http://www.sunsetsystems.com/ > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
