On Wed March 19 2008, Paul Johnson wrote: > Stop now! haven't started yet, just getting info/background/knowledge:)
> > Setting up mail services by fumbling in the dark has the very real > potential to make your mail server a spam vector. Before continuing, I > strongly reccommend, at the very least, reading through Wikipedia about > SMTP and other email related protocols, and familiarize yourself with the > documentation for the MTA you decide to go with. I understand SMTP/POP a bit, I used to run *NIX boxes for a company, back before internet, when we had slow dialup... > > Once you've done that and have some basic understanding of the mechanics of > email, it should become a little more clear what you need to do and what > you need to avoid to set up a mail server without becoming a spam relay. I understand security concepts, that is one reason i switched to linux, I also know about relays. My own ( former) ISP blocked my smtp mail when I was not in their network ( working away from home, trying to send mail). I also switched ISPs & mail hosts because one of them ( ISP Bellsouth) was blocking any email to/from my domain hosts. I couldn't get that issue resolved in 2 weeks, so I dropped them. > > > I have my own domain, and I have it hosted. What would I need to run, > > besides my kmail, to receive and send mail from my Debian PC, hosting my > > own domain? I keep hearing about postfix, sendmail, exim... > > Exim is the default in Debian, and the one I suggest you go with unless you > want to set up some kind of groupware like Kolab (in which case, go with > what it depends on or recommends). Exim is pretty straightforward and > relatively easy to work with. thanks! Since I am new to Debian ( a few years running SUSE..) I wasn't familiar with exim, but I'll take a look! I'll take a look wikipedia and exim, I appreciate the info! -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux user # 367800 Registered Ubuntu User #12459
