I replied to the wrong email, thanks for the advice, I had webmin on Mandrake. Aaron On Thu, 2004-03-04 at 15:08, Paul Dubinsky wrote: > At 02:43 AM 3/4/2004, you wrote: > > > 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 > > > > "We have the power to do any damn fool thing we want to do, > and we seem to do it about every ten minutes." > J. William Fulbright , quoted in Time (New York, Feb. 4, > 1952). > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.604 / Virus Database: 384 - Release Date: 3/1/2004
