Re: Wich e-mail server to choose?

[Joe <joe@jretrading.com>]

Paul Cartwright wrote:
> On Wed February 11 2009, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > Looks like it.  Or maybe "exim" is installed.  Also possible, but
> > unlikely, is "postfix".
> >
> > Examine them before installing exim4.
>
> is exim4 a placeholder?? 
> I have base, config, and daemon-heavy installed, but NOT exim4..
>
> $ dpkg --list |grep exim
> rc  exim4                                                   4.69-6                              
> metapackage to ease Exim MTA (v4) installation
> ii  exim4-base                                              4.69-9                              
> support files for all Exim MTA (v4) packages
> ii  exim4-config                                            4.69-9                              
> configuration for the Exim MTA (v4)
> ii  exim4-daemon-heavy                                      4.69-9                              
> Exim MTA (v4) daemon with extended features, including exiscan-a
> rc  exim4-daemon-light                                      4.69-6                              
> lightweight Exim MTA (v4) daemon
Yes, but it's used everywhere as the name e.g. etc/init.d/exim4.

There's a small questionnaire for setting it up, which may be a little 
confusing to someone new to mail servers. See the tutorial below, or others.

The OP will need a means of collecting mail, since Windows machines do 
not run MTAs. IMAP is more useful than POP3, particularly its folders, 
and Courier works well. Outlook, Outlook Express and Thunderbird all 
speak IMAP. There are quite a few tutorials like this:

http://wiki.edseek.com/howto:exim4_courier

all of which cover slightly different ground.

--
Joe