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Hi Guys,
This is the first time I've ever attempted to create a mail server. However, I would like to create a virtual email server using VMware (also, which version of VMWare should I use: server, workstation, etc?). Does anybody know how to go about this or could tell me from experience or know any good internet guides? I've searched everywhere, and I can't seem to find the correct tutorial. Also, I heard VMware has its own spam gateway. Is that true as well?
Hi Guys,
This is the first time I've ever attempted to create a mail server. However, I would like to create a virtual email server using VMware (also, which version of VMWare should I use: server, workstation, etc?). Does anybody know how to go about this or could tell me from experience or know any good internet guides? I've searched everywhere, and I can't seem to find the correct tutorial. Also, I heard VMware has its own spam gateway. Is that true as well?
I am running Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, if that is of any significance.
Distribution: OpenBSD 4.6, OS X 10.6.2, CentOS 4 & 5
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VMware is simply a virtualization environment that allows you to install an operating system inside a "virtual machine", i.e. it's a virtual computer that you can treat just like a physical computer. A VM has only what you put in it, there's nothing there by default.
You can download "Virtual Appliances" from the VMware website, which are pre-built virtual machines with an OS and software already installed. Some of those have anti-spam/anti-virus gateway software already installed.
If you want to run a VM as a mail server, there's nothing special about it being virtual. Follow a guide to create the VM, then follow another guide to install your favorite OS, and another guide to install e-mail software. There's no special "virtual e-mail server" guide (that I know of), because it's unnecessary to be that specific.
Hi Guys,
I wanted to install VMWare Player on Ubuntu 8.04 so that I could run the NST (Network Security Toolkit) v 1.8.0 on VMWare. I downloaded the .tar.gz file from http://www.vmware.com/products/player/
,and when I untarred it and tried to run, vmware-install.pl, and followed the instructions, when I was asked where the C headers for the current Linux kernel version I was running (2.6.24-19-generic), it said it couldn't find the directory, /usr/src/linux/include.
Does anyone know where the C headers for the current kernel version I am running are located in Ubuntu?
Also, does anyone know any good guides where I could install VMWare Player on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS? I've searched Google for guides, and they don't work (I even tried: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=832753, but to no avail)! And, if someone knows how to do this from experience I am happy to hear from them as well. Please help!!
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I would use VMware Server. This runs as a process on the host machine, and runs on Linux or Windows.
To connect, you can use VMware Console.
To install a mail server, just install VMware Server, and create a new VM. Install your Linux distro on it, and setup the mail server. When you setup the mail server, set it up with a bridged network. This will give it an IP address assigned by your modem. Then just forward port 25 to this IP.
In other words, it is basically just like setting up a mail server on another physical machine on your LAN.
If you want an easy email server to setup, I have a live dvd distro called KirraMail. It's a full featured email server, checkout my site and see if it suits your needs.
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My recommendation would be to do it in a couple of steps.
1) Install VMWare on your machine. What distro are you using as the Main OS on your computer? Maybe put this in your profile.
2) Create a new Virtual Machine in VMWare, and install an appropriate distro on it. My recommendation would be Debian or Ubuntu Server, or maybe Centos (depending on what you are used to).
3) Once you have your VM up and running, then look at installing the mail server. Depending on what mail server program you want to use, there is heaps of documentation. I suggest Postfix as the MTA (SMTP Server) and Courier as the MDA (POP3 / IMAP).
I like KirraMail! It's actually very easy to use, and I think I will use that distribution for my email server. I just have one question, fotoguy, how can I install the email server from the LiveDVD? Did you include an installer with it? Also, have you yourself ever used KirraMail, and did you like it?
I am downloading the iso for KirraMail right now, but it is only downloading at 26 kb/s, which is strange because I normally have download speeds of up to 130 kb/s. I also noticed that on your website there is not much traffic, so the only thing that is causing the problem has to be the bandwidth limit set on fotoguy's servers. Is it possible for you to increase the bandwidth limit (as of right now, the download will take 14 hours and 22 minutes to finish)?
Anyways, I tried your idea, chort, but when I ran, sudo apt-get install kernel-source, I got: "Package kernel-source is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package kernel-source has no installation candidate".
As a result, I tried, sudo apt-get install kernel-devel, instead; however, I got: "E: Couldn't find package kernel-devel".
I also tried installing both of them together, but to no avail.
In regard to your question, IBall, I am using Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04 LTS as my Main OS.
However, when I wanted to install VMWare Player on Ubuntu 8.04, I downloaded the .tar.gz file from http://www.vmware.com/products/player/
,and when I untarred it and tried to run, vmware-install.pl, and followed the instructions, but when I was asked where the C headers for the current Linux kernel version I was running (2.6.24-19-generic), it said it couldn't find the directory, /usr/src/linux/include.
Does anyone know where the C headers for the current kernel version I am running are located in Ubuntu?
Also, does anyone know any good guides where I could install VMWare Player on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS? I've searched Google for guides, and they don't work (I even tried: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=832753, but to no avail)! And, if someone knows how to do this from experience I am happy to hear from them as well. Please help!!
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