On Mon 15 Jan 2018 at 16:22:26 -0500, Henning Follmann wrote: > On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 08:42:34PM +0000, Brian wrote: > > On Mon 15 Jan 2018 at 14:51:56 -0500, Henning Follmann wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 08:34:33PM +0100, Jonathan Sélea wrote: > > > > > > > > As other people already have said - do you really need emailserver of > > > > this kind? > > > > > > This however is a valid question. A full functional mailserver requires > > > effort and administrative knowledge to setup properly. And your question > > > already hints that the latter is no there yet. > > > > All things computer-related require effort and administrative knowledge > > to setup properly if anything out of the ordinary is being done. "do you > > really need emailserver of this kind" is an indication of something bad > > in the state of email. > > > > Don't do it your way or take advantage of what the net provides appears > > to be the message. Your intentions are verging on the incompetent, or, > > maybe, you are bucking the trend, just use Google like everyone else > > is the message. > > > > Well, > honestly I always thought it is very beneficial to run your own mailserver. > But it is also one of the most difficult tasks to master. We have come a
Agreed. Although the Debian exim documentation makes an excellent contribution to getting users off the ground. > long way from setting up a sendmail server with its unique M4 syntax, but > still you have to understand more than just setting up a smtp server. You > need to understand DNS, SSL, TLS. You have to master at least one form of > authentication method and avoid any possible relay desasters. > Because all this is potentially hard to understand. This was my thought Agreed. There are many pitfalls to avoid. > behind my comment. I would like to encourage anybody to try and set this > up. However this will take some time before this should be practiced on an > openly connected server. Having a fully operating mail server is very satisfying but your point is well-taken. The risk of mucking up a server for an important task is not to be taken lightly. -- Brian.
