You can get some idea and tips from this material http://www.kernel-panic.it/openbsd/mail/
On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 1:52 PM, Ivo van der Sangen <i...@freethought.nl> wrote: > On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 09:44:07PM -0700, Mark Yieh wrote: >> Hi I'm trying to set up sendmail as my home mail server but it's my >> first time so I'm not sure what to do. >> I know it's already installed and enabled in base but will only accept >> requests from local host. >> So I've added this flag in rc.conf.local to enable it it receive >> external connections: >> >> sendmail_flags="-L sm-mta -bd -q30m" >> >> And I've also changed my router settings to forward all packets from >> port 587 to my openbsd box. >> And I've restarted the computer. >> But I still can't set up an account on my Macintosh to access the >> openbsd mail server. >> What am I doing wrong? And does sendmail use the IMAP or POP protocol? >> I prefer to use IMAP if possible. >> >> The name of my machine is zeus.my.domain and my ip is 24.6.209.32. >> I don't have a domain name so I just use my ip. >> >> On my Macintosh I've used these settings to try to create the new >> account. >> Email Address: m...@24.6.209.32 >> Incoming Mail Server: zeus.24.6.209.32 >> >> Here's the error message that I got from trying to set up that account >> on my Macintosh. >> >> The IMAP server "zeus.24.6.209.32" is not responding. >> Try checking the network connection, and that the server name is >> correct. >> Otherwise, the server might be temporarily unavailable. If you >> continue, you might not be >> able to receive messages. >> >> >> Do I have to add a user account to my mail server? or do I >> automatically have an account if I'm a user on the OpenBSD system? >> >> Thanks everyone... especially the OpenBSD Team for the best OS in the >> world. >> > > Hi Mark, > > You will be in for quite an adventure. Sendmail is only one part of a > fully fledged mail system. What sendmail does in OpenBSD is accept > connections and deliver mail to the local mailbox or relay the mail > to be delivered by another mail server. > > If you want to configure an IMAP mailbox for example I would use > dovecot. Now, what else you need is dependent on your needs. So can > you explain to me what you want to be able to do with your "mail > system"? Feel free to send me a personal message if you need more help > during configuration. > > I run a mail system on OpenBSD, which lets me send mail from anywhere > in the world and read my mail from anywhere and it handles all mail > destined to my domain, all in a secure fashion. Software I use to > accomplish this is sendmail, cyrus-sasl, dovecot, procmail, fetchmail. > You might want to read up on those. > > Regards, > > Ivo van der Sangen > > -- http://www.openbsd.org/lyrics.html
