anile8
08-17-2002, 04:21 AM
This is my first dedicated server setup and so I have a newbie question. How does the server handle incoming mail? What mail server does this?
 | View Full Version : Mail setup achost_ca 08-17-2002, 04:25 AM if the server has a control panel, its probaly best to stick with working through there. if not, I base my mailservers on the QVCS-Guide (www.mricon.com/SM/guide) which is a quick and easy qmail/vmailmgr/squirrelmail setup, easy for even a newbie to do. First before diving into that find out if the server has a control panel, and if it does, stick with that. thats my $0.02 anile8 08-17-2002, 04:28 AM I only installed webmin. I was too cheap to my host so I installed this free thing myself. I installed everything from scratch. Webmin, Apache, php, MySQL, ProFTPd, and now this mail thing. Only ran into trouble with ProFTPd. This mail thing looks like it will be a hassle. bobcares 08-17-2002, 06:26 AM Try either with the qmail set as mentioned above. Or simply install sendmail + ipop3 If you are on a redhat 7.3 just install the generic rpms and enable POPer from xinetd. I hope it helps. Have a great day :) Regards Amar MotleyFool 08-17-2002, 06:58 AM Dont install sendmail please.. it is full of holes. You are better off installing a mail toaster based on qmail+vpopmail+courier-imap+sqwebmail http://matt.simerson.net/computing/qmail.toaster.shtml has got some scripts too. mircon is also a good site. What have you done for DNS? Cheers Balaji anile8 08-17-2002, 05:29 PM Where are the default Red Hat rpms located? bobcares 08-18-2002, 07:18 AM You can either download from ftp.redhat.com or use your redhat Cd's if you have physical access... Have a great day :) regards amar choon 08-18-2002, 03:29 PM Hi, Before doing anything related to email... read my reply to your BIND post/thread. If you don't... you might have more problems later. If you need help to install the following... just ask: BIND qmail + Vmailmgr + Courier IMAP + POP3 + SMTP after POP + SquirrelMail + oMail-Admin I assume that your server OS is Red Hat Linux 7.2/7.3... if no... please correct me. Thanks. Kindest regards, Choon choon 08-18-2002, 03:51 PM Originally posted by anile8 I only installed webmin. I was too cheap to my host so I installed this free thing myself. I installed everything from scratch. Webmin, Apache, php, MySQL, ProFTPd, and now this mail thing. Only ran into trouble with ProFTPd. This mail thing looks like it will be a hassle. What type of trouble you have with ProFTPD? Regards, Choon anile8 08-18-2002, 03:59 PM Ok, Sendmail works. I'm sending all emails to *@thenationnet.com to my email account. Something strange though. Some servers refuse the connection. Does this have something to do with my localhost.localdomain ? I left them default. bobcares 08-18-2002, 04:12 PM yes. set the hostname and it should be working fine... have a great day :) regards amar anile8 08-18-2002, 06:13 PM Do I set both the hostname and the domainname or only the hostname? What do I set both/either one to? bobcares 08-19-2002, 05:35 AM Just take a prompt and write # hostname domian.com I think it should work. Have a great day :) regards amar anile8 08-19-2002, 11:09 AM I got sendmail catching all emails to *@mydomain.com , but I'm not receiving a whole lot of them. What could be the problem? In BIND under Mail Server I entered Name: thenationnet.com. Mail server: thenationnet.com. Btw, I'm using address mapping (virtuser). Mail for: @mydomain.com Send to: myemailaddy@myisp.com |