i want to setup basic mail server ?

tej · 08-12-2004, 02:52 AM

hello guys,

i am new to networking, i have done basic setup of apache and primary dns in my network. i would like to setup a mail server now. but i know very little about mail servers.
i am thinkin of going for postfix mail server.
i have redhat 9 linux

-waiting for help

jaganpjames · 08-12-2004, 03:54 AM

what help are you looking for ????
u want us to configure it for u???

tej · 08-12-2004, 04:55 AM

hello,
i have installed postfix configured it as well, i have imap runing on my sytem now. how can i check working do i need any software for it.

i want to check if my machine is able to send mail to other machines in local lan. do i need to install any software.

-bye

cyto · 08-31-2004, 10:57 AM

hey tej,
how did u install postfix. I have slackware 10.0 And i want to install postfix. Tell me some websites which may help me.
thanks

mermxx · 08-31-2004, 03:41 PM

there are lots of websites if u search google here is one for slackware 9 that is pretty easy to follow
http://www.linux-sxs.org/internet_serving/postfix.html

Also a previous thread on here with some other suggestions instead of using postfix

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/history/216963

tej · 09-01-2004, 02:47 AM

hi there,

check out www.postfix.org it explains in detail about postfix installations. installing postfix is easy. hard part comes when u have got to make it work with mysql, webmail etc