On Wed, 2011-08-24 at 21:52 -0700, Paul Allen Newell wrote: > I am trying to do my homework but more importantly trying to > understand just what I need so I don't solve a problem that doesn't > need to be solved.
I suppose it all depends on what you're trying to achieve. Do you need a mail server, do you want one, do you need/want to learn how to set one up, is it an academic exercise...? I don't think I'd bother with trying to get several mail servers up and running, unless I wanted to learn how mail servers interact. Having *a* mail server on a LAN is handy for doing local mail, and not having to configure each client to use your ISP's mail server. You can send all your mail through your own SMTP server, and only the server ever needs changing if your ISP changes. It's also handy so that all log files from all computers can be mailed to one user. Rather than that person having to check log mails all over the place. You can drag all your external mail into your server, for local management (IMAP is good for this). Though that's a separate issue that what's already been discussed. And, perhaps, a more useful thing to do. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
