Gowator 0 Report post Posted December 17, 2004 OK one thing I keep messing up is a mail server.... Ive screwed it up so many times now I have a mental block... I used to have my own mail server running under SME-server and the world was good. Then I moved my DNS/NFS/WEB/DHCP ... all onto a more powerful PC.. (this was on a PII-266)... I have tried, tried again and fluncked... I just want to setup a mail server to send and receive mail for my own domain (well dnsdns) ... Ive now got exim4 sending mail from command line... (using sendmail alias) but I still can't even check the account via kmail.... Im pulling my hair out.... this shouldn't be so hard.... anyone got a step by step real idiots guide? I feel so stupid .... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
durvish 0 Report post Posted December 17, 2004 OMG! I don't think I have ever seen Gowator stuck ! :unsure: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gowator 0 Report post Posted December 17, 2004 OMG! I don't think I have ever seen Gowator stuck ! :unsure: <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You should have seen my first debian install..... you'd be laughing your pants off. Thanks to cybrjackle and bvc ... I saved face :D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jlc 0 Report post Posted December 17, 2004 These might help: Configure exim4 to deliver email to a user's Maildir folder in their home directory. http://www.togaware.com/linux/survivor/Email_Maildir.shtml http://www.togaware.com/linux/survivor/Exim.shtml THis is pretty good and has a ton of info (talks about setting up exim for linux/NT domain) still good info: http://www.flatmtn.com/computer/Linux-EmailServer.html http://www.flatmtn.com/computer/Linux-Exim4.html http://www.flatmtn.com/computer/Linux-EmailServer.html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gowator 0 Report post Posted December 17, 2004 thx cybr.. thats exactly what I need i hope... Nothijg tells you if you need courier-imap etc. installed on the EXOM and whether it is just a MTA etc. sometimes after you mess something up so many times you can't see the wood for the trees :D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jlc 0 Report post Posted December 17, 2004 :P your welcome, I know what you mean. I've pounded my head on the wall before than i ask and it was something i just overlooked. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aru 1 Report post Posted December 17, 2004 Why use exim? use postfix instead... this is what I use in my server --which runs debian-- because I was used to postfix in mandrake and I'm too lazy to learn a different mail server system :P Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ronin 0 Report post Posted December 18, 2004 None easier to set up, or at none I've found then www.qmailrocks.org. It has very well written step by step directions. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
