Re: Set up Mail server within LAN
On Mon, 2006-03-20 at 11:55 +0000, Clive Menzies wrote:
> On (20/03/06 16:39), Rocky Ou wrote:
> > I'm using Debian Stable on my Desktop. I'm a Debian newbie, Maybe my
> > question is not even logical. I 'm wondering
> >
> > 1. Can I set up my machine so that some packages like MOODLE (I did
> > not use apt-get to install it. Because I want to use the latest
> > version) can send out emails. My machine is linked to a Local Area
> > Network.
> > 2. If this is possible which pakage should I use?
>
> You don't need a mailserver to send mails. Part of the default
> installation for sarge is exim4 (MTA). Assuming you have an ISP through
> which you send mail, try:
>
> # dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config
>
> select the option which talks about sending mail via smarthost and when
> it asks for the smarthost address, insert your ISP's smtp server
> details.
Yes, this is how I do it, except using Postfix. Then, in my MUA
I configure the "Sending mails" tab to use Sendmail (which Postfix
pretends to be) instead of SMTP.
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