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On Fri, 1 Jul 2005 16:45:57 +0100 Grant Sewell wrote: > Hi all. > > I am just setting up a nice lil' web server for myself at home. Fresh to this, so > expect some questions in the coming months. First and foremost... Debian's > base-config options for the MTA. Here's what I'd like, if someone could do me the > honour of explaining which MTA option I should go for, I'd be very appreciative. > > The webserver is going to be on 24/7 (hopefully) and just sit in the loft. All > configuration is to be through SSH or Webmin. I would like all system mail to be > sent to my ISP's mail server so that I can pick it up on my desktop machine (I'm > not setting up my own mail server yet... one step at a time). The options > presented to me presently are: > > 1) Internet Site; mail is sent and received directly using SMTP. > 2) Mail sent by smarthost; received via SMTP or fetchmail. > 3) Mail sent by smarthost; no local mail. > 4) Local delivery only; not on a network. > > I've had a look over the Debian Installation Guide > (http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch07s02.html.en#base-config-mta), but > to be honest, it doesn't really help much. I am thinking that option 3 is what I > want, but I am not sure. > > Thanks. > > Grant. Ok, so I am now setting up a mail server for myself. What I want to be able to do is this: + Download my emails to my mail server from my ISP(s) using POP3. + Send emails from my "client" machines to my mail server using SMTP. + Outgoing emails to be sent from -at-thymox.co.uk. I do not know whether it would be best to forward these using SMTP to my ISP(s) or not or what. + Be able to connect to my mail server from my "client" machines using IMAP. I would also like emails from my server machines to be sent to "XXXserver-at-thymox.co.uk" (where XXX is either web or mail) so I can pick them up. As I said above, I am new to this game. Until very recently I've been a Linux desktop person only. I am venturing forth into the Server room, so be warned! Anyway, again the documentation for this section doesn't seem to be written with the idiot in mind... I am thinking that option 1, but that doesn't mention POP accounts, so perhaps option 2? Or 3 or 4? Arghghg! Cheers. Grant. -- Artificial intelligence is no match for nuratal stidutipy. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe. FAQ: www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html