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Re: [PLUG] unraveling the arcane art of mailservers?
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- From: "Brent Saner" <brent.saner@gmail.com>
- To: "Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List" <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
- Subject: Re: [PLUG] unraveling the arcane art of mailservers?
- Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:33:23 -0400
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JP- THANK YOU. you've given me some GREAT recommendations. i think i already have most of those texts, too (i got gift of a TON of o'reilly e-books a friend gave me for my birthday; i'm still trying to get through all of them).
Brian- i knew about kerio but had totally forgotten it. thanks for the reminder! i'm trying to do this on a budget of "broke" but i'll keep it in mind as a last-ditch effort!
Matthew- thank you for the links and the advice!
On 10/16/07, Matthew Rosewarne <mrosewarne@inoutbox.com> wrote:
On Monday 15 October 2007, Brent Saner wrote:
> 1. exim? postfix? qmail, mta? i have no idea what i should use- well, i
> know what i want to use, i just have no idea how to implement them, and
> what they need to integrate. i'm not even entirely sure where to start.
There are two approaches you might want to try when starting out. The first
is to use the default MTA of your distribution, which is probably a good
ideas as it will likely be the best maintained and documented. The other
approach is to find someone willing to teach you and use whatever they use.
Other than that, make sure you pick either Exim or Postfix, as most others
have fallen out of favour.
> 2. for you mailmonkeys: how did you start out? what texts would be a good
> read to start with? i'm a total noob when it comes to mail servers and even
> local mail. i have a rudimentary understanding but i'm looking to get
> better.
Exim has a decent introductory site:
http://www.exim-new-users.co.uk/content/blogcategory/
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