[NTLUG:Discuss] mail server question

[Bobby Wrenn]

I think I need to re-phrase the question. I need to have my inside
machine behind a NATed firewall/router running ipchains and ipmasqadm. I
want to test this before I have the domain name moved to my system. Do I
need anything other than an MTA and POP3 client software in order to do
this? If all I need is an MTA and POP3 clients, I can set up the clients
ok. What is the minimum configuration for sendmail/postfix/qmail (I
don't care which I use just so I can get mail). I'll learn all the
little tweaks over time. Right now I just need to get mail without
having to get an engineering degree.

I know everyone says qmail is easy to set up. That may be if you know
what needs to be set up. I'm starting from dumb as a rock and would like
to progress to at least "brown belt guru".

Thanks for the response. Hope I didn't run you off with my rant.

Bobby

Brian wrote:
> 
> Bobby Wrenn wrote:
> > I really just need someone to tell me what setting to put where. As
> > usual all the books I have assume I already know about all the
> > configuration options and don't tell me how to set up the software in
> > the first place.
> 
> My suggestion:  Install qmail as your MTA.  The installation docs are
> very well-written, and there are an incredible number of resources
> linked from the website (qmail.org).  It provides sendmail "wrappers,"
> so your MUA's and the like don't even know they're not talking to a
> sendmail daemon.
> 
>   --Brian
> 
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