[NTLUG:Discuss] Sendmail question

brian@pongonova.net brian at pongonova.net
Mon May 27 18:13:31 CDT 2002


Joe--

You might consider qmail (http://www.qmail.org).  Very secure, easy to configure
(no cryptic configuration files), and very robust.  Life's too short to deal with
sendmail.

  --Brian

On Mon, May 27, 2002 at 03:31:05PM -0500, Joe Torma wrote:
> I'm a newbie so please go easy on me...  Recently downloaded, burned and
> installed a copy of RH 7.3 on a Dell PowerEdge 4200 server.  I am wanting
> this box to handle email for a domain hosted elsewhere
> (http://www.richardsonhumanesociety.com).  Is this possible?  If so, for
> someone who knows nothing about sendmail and very little about Linux (or any
> other Unix-like environment), how difficult is the challenge?  What I would
> like to do is be able to assign user mail accounts which members can check
> through their respective email clients if possible.  If we can tackle this
> one I would also like to talk about the feasibility of hosting FrontPage
> webs on Apache, and / or using the Linux box as a point of origin for .asp
> pages for a web which is hosted elsewhere, if possible.
> 
> Info:
> RH 7.3 SMP core (2x333Mhz) configured as server without customization or
> additional package installation.
> Have DSL and Static IP's
> Have multiple Nic's in the server
> Have Linksys 4 port router (Would probably need another if more than 1 Nic
> from the server needs access.)
> More info available if needed.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> Joe T.
> 
> 
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