Re: Novice mail project
On 05/21/01 05:00:16 +0100, Keith O'Connell wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I believe it was in this list within the last week or so that someone
> made the point that the best way to learn Linux was to have goals, or
> better still a project. To these ends I have set my self a project.
I agree. I've made a list of things I want to accomplish. Now all I
have to do is do them. ;-)
>
> We have a PC each here. My wife and two daughters each run WinMe and I
> have Debian on these two in front of me. The machines all get out
> through a cable modem. I want to have one of the linux machines act as a
> collection point for all incoming email and have each client collect it
> from the local server. I want the four of us to be able to email each
> other with out it leaving the house
>
> Am I right in thinking that I need something like "sendmail" and
> "procmail" on the server and any old mail client on the Windows/Linux
> machines in order to get this done? Do I need to be setting up any other
> software specifically to make this work?
>
> I know something like sendmail is probably overkill, but the object her
> is education not ease of setup. Whilst this is likely a trivial task for
> most, it is a starting point for me
Well, Debian ships with exim instead of sendmail as its out of the box
mta. I've kept a link to a Linux Gazette article that you might find
useful, if only to server as a springboard:
http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue43/stumpel.html
I hope that gets you going in the right direction.
Good luck!
--
Mark Wagnon <markwagnon@yahoo.com>
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