I want to set up a mail server on my machine

khwang · 07-07-2005, 04:01 PM

I'm a complete n00b, but I do have the following set up on my machine:

Ubuntu 5.04
Apache2
MySQL
PHP, Perl

I'd like to set up a mail server on my machine, and I have no idea what package to get, or where to begin.

Can you give me some helpful links?

Thanks!

fouldsy · 07-07-2005, 04:07 PM

Here's a great big wad of info to read on setting up a mail server http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/linux-hn/sendmail.htm , but are you sure you want to? If you're just starting out, it's a pretty good way to learn the ins+outs of e-mail, but be careful if you're gonna read your e-mail back and forth across the Internet with it incase someone uses you as an open mail relay. Have fun!

khwang · 07-07-2005, 04:14 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by fouldsy
http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/linux-hn/sendmail.htm

that link redirects me to the M$ site.

fouldsy · 07-07-2005, 04:18 PM

Woah, that's weird [scratches head]. Every time I make that link it rediects to the wrong place :-( Copy + paste works fine though...

Nylex · 07-07-2005, 04:25 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by fouldsy
Woah, that's weird [scratches head]. Every time I make that link it rediects to the wrong place :-( Copy + paste works fine though...

Hmm the link seems to be http://http://... Take out one of those and it should be ok.

khwang · 07-07-2005, 04:27 PM

ok, this link works:

Configuring Linux Mail Servers

exactly what I needed, thanks.

fouldsy · 07-08-2005, 05:23 AM

That's bizzare. If you type http://http://www.google.com or any web address for that matter where you have 2 x http:// , you get directed to microsoft.com . Considering I'm running Debian 3.1 + Firefox 1.0.4 without Windows being installed anywhere on this machine, that makes me feel dirty :-( Any ideas on why that happens, I've never noticed 2 x http:// redirects you there, it can't be something in the http protocol can it?

kulmis · 07-08-2005, 08:25 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by fouldsy
That's bizzare. If you type http://http://www.google.com or any web address for that matter where you have 2 x http:// , you get directed to microsoft.com . Considering I'm running Debian 3.1 + Firefox 1.0.4 without Windows being installed anywhere on this machine, that makes me feel dirty :-( Any ideas on why that happens, I've never noticed 2 x http:// redirects you there, it can't be something in the http protocol can it?

That's just Firefox' automatic search feature: when you type something on the address bar that Firefox don't understand as an URL, it calls google's "I'm Feeling Lucky"-action (i.e. redirects you automatically to the first page in the google result list). So, when you type http://http:// in the address bar Firefox won't recognize this and tries to google it. The first result when googleing with "http" is http://www.microsoft.com so you get redirected there.

fouldsy · 07-08-2005, 09:27 AM

Sneaky! Cheers for that, thought I was going (more) insane with that one...

alex360 · 07-08-2005, 10:59 AM

Big n00b over here =)

I've also been pondering this mail server idea. Is there a big difference between sendmail and postfix? Does anyone recommend one over the other?

alex

khwang · 07-08-2005, 11:45 AM

I found this article:

http://www.informit.com/articles/art...&seqNum=6&rl=1

btmiller · 07-08-2005, 07:47 PM

Postfix is probably easier to configure, based on what I've heard. I've always used sendmail exclusively, though, mostly because I have a friend who knows it, If you're willing to wade through documentation/Google, it's actually not so bad. Exim and Qmail are other possibilities.