On 2009-02-11_11:22:01, Stackpole, Chris wrote: > > From: Lisi Reisz [mailto:lisi.re...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 11:18 AM > > Subject: Re: Wich e-mail server to choose? > > > > On Wednesday 11 February 2009 17:03:13 Paul E Condon wrote: > > > One of them is to let the > > > Debian installer software choose for you. I suggest that you let the > > > installer choose. I think it makes a good choice. > > > > How? > > > > TIA > > Lisi > > I believe he was referring to at install time. There is a screen for the > selection of additional packages like Desktop, SQL server, ect. One of > the options should be mail server. Though I am pretty sure it just > installs Exim. It has been a while since I have setup a mail server, but > I know the last few I have done were with Exim and I am pretty confident > I went that route cause it was already there. > > Anyway, see my last post for links. > > Have fun! > ~Stack~
Thanks, Stack. Your post came thru after I had just sent mine. I was misleading in what I said. The installer does install Exim, so it true the OP doesn't have to choose, but he does need to know its name, because he needs to type in the reconfigure command that you gave him. Otherwise it probably won't do the mail deliveries that he wants. I recall that I found the instructions for reconfiguring confusing. And there is more to it than just executing the one command, and then following the prompts. There is fetchmail, and an email name alias in /etc, for From: rewriting, etc. To OP: Stack's command is right. And, it's OK to come back and ask more questions. Just be careful to pay attention to who is giving advice. I am not an officially approved advisor. You may want to find corroboration for my advice. -- Paul E Condon pecon...@mesanetworks.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
