On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 23:16:29 -0500, Ron Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> I'm certain that you *are* running a "complete mail package" and > don't even know it! :O > > Just about all Unix systems use the same MTA[0] to transfer intra- > system mail as they do to transfer mail across the world. Exim is > the Debian default, but many replace it with Postfix. > > Most people must configure their MUA to send email to > smtp.bigisp.net, and receive mail from pop.bigisp.net. But with > Unix (and Debian makes this very easy) you can configure your MTA to > be a relayhost[1]. > > The way I've configured my system. Thus, in Icedove, I don't set > the smtp server to be smtp.east.cox.net but "haggis", which is my > machine's name. The MTA (Postfix, in my case) then routes the email > to smtp.east.cox.net which then takes it and sends it on to it's > final destination. > > Conversely, fetchmail retrieves my mail from pop.east.cox.net then > passes it to Postfix (which feeds it thru Spam Assassin) and then to > an IMAP server running on my desktop. That's where I (and my wife > and children) read our email from, anywhere on our LAN. Yes, I have used Postfix on my main home server for years now and it is really pretty much zero maintenance. Because I am fortunate enough to have a static IP address from my (consumer) ISP, (which is also thoughtful enough to allow setting of valid rDNS) I send and receive mail direct-to-mx from my Postfix box here. It means most unwanted stuff is *rejected* at the SMTP envelope stage with some pretty simple Postfix rules, rather than having to be accepted before being filtered by Spamassassin or whatever. -- Bob Cox. Stoke Gifford, near Bristol, UK. Registered user #445000 with the Linux Counter - http://counter.li.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
