Message: 7
Subject: email servers
From: Aaron <aamehl@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: fedora <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 07:40:28 +0200
Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
Hi all,
I have been experiencing email problems, I found out from a friend that
my ISP has changed a lot of settings (due to the various worms and
viruses.
He setup his own mail server on his doze box. I thought to do the same
so when I installed FC1 I checked email server.
But I still have no clue what I installed I gather sendmail.
For a newbie is the a good choice or should I be using something else.
This is more a get my feet wet experience than anything else, but I do
want to come out of this with some 'email servering' skills and a system
that works.
suggestions
thanks
Aaron
Sendmail and/or Postfix is installed. First, though, I would install webmin, the browser based linux admin program. It's available in a no-arch rpm that works fine on FC1 from http://webmin.org . It helps you avoid mucking about in the conf files which for Sendmail and Postfix can be *very* dense and intimidating.
I have used both Sendmail and Postfix. I started with Sendmail and then moved to Postfix for security reasons - Sendmail's security history has been checkered to say the least. Postfix was written to tighten up the security problems.
As suggested you have to get the O'Reilley book for Sendmail or the SAMS book for Postfix. I'm sure you can get either up without the printed reference but I doubt that you'll know much when you're done. Note that the Postfix book is about a third the size of the Sendmail book. That should tell you something.
Beware that both can set you up as an open relay with a default install if you're not careful. That means that you could become an outgoing mail server for every spammer in the world. After you get running your first stop should be http://www.ordb.org/ to test your install to see if it is an open relay. If it is, you'll get guidance on how to close it.
Good luck and enjoy,
Paul
and we seem to do it about every ten minutes."
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