On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 01:09:52PM -0600, Garry wrote: > I would like to setup a simple email server and run it out of my house. I > have everything needed in order to do it. In fact I had one setup > successfully about a year ago and crashed it. I can't figure out how I did > it. > > There's only two email addresses I would like to setup. > > I would like to use postfix and dovecot; I don't need MySQL. > > My ISP seems to block port 587; all other ports are open (25, 110, etc.) >
That is odd. In most cases they block 25, 80, 443. But I have never seen anybody blocking 587 > I have issues wrapping my mind around setting up mx records. > > The domain is registered on namecheap.com > Do you have your own DNS server? If you use their DNS server just set the MX to your ip address. > My IP address is static ipv4. It is helpfull if your ISP would set the reverse so it matches the MX record. > > I'm running (would like to keep running) Debian 6 32bit. > > I've followed all the various guides that pull up in search; with each I run > into problems I can't seem to resolve. > > Can someone point me to a tutorial or provide me with some resources I can > follow? I am very appreciative with any help willing to be offered. Thank > you. > https://wiki.debian.org/Postfix -H -- Henning Follmann | hfollm...@itcfollmann.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20140125204159.gi12...@newton.itcfollmann.com
