Re: [Fwd: Mail server]

I'm not as familiar with postfix (which is what it sounds like you are
running), but I think you want to start in /etc/postfix/main.cf (if
it's not there, try "locate main.cf" from prompt).

Supposedly, most configuration can be done from there, as this
document suggests:

http://www.postfix.org/basic.html

Also, you may need to set up an MX record for your domain, especially
if the box is not already being pointed to by the dns record (i.e. web
stuff and etc will be hosted elsewhere, and you just want to use this
machine to serve mail).  Note also that if port 25 is blocked by your
ISP (http://www.cablemodemhelp.com/portscan.htm will tell you what's
open/closed - but note the warnings about using it behind someone's
firewall, i.e. corp nets, edu's, etc.), you may need to set up or
purchase a relay service to forward mail to a diff port.

I would start by just seeing if it can mail to other users on the
system.  Does mail from bob-//[email protected] get delivered to slob@localhost?
And so on.

Anyhoo, let us know how it turns out! 

-o


* dvanhorn <[email protected]> [2004-03-01 10:56:10 -0500]:

> CC nick in replies if you would. -- David
> 
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Mail server
> Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 10:48:14 -0500
> From: Nicholas Bonfatti <[email protected]>
> To: dvanhorn <[email protected]>
> 
> Hey, do you think you could help me set up a mail server for my family?
> Right now I have bonfatti.org and I've got debian running on a spare
> server.
> 
> I'm just unsure where to start configuring it. Really, all I need is
> mail aliasing, and I guess you do that through a virtual file that
> looks like this
> 
> 
> @bonfatti.org
> 
> [email protected]	[email protected]
> [email protected]	[email protected]
> 
> 
> etc.   and then run postmap /etc/postfix/virtual  and put
> virtual_domains= hash:/etc/postfix/virtual
> 
> I tried doing that on my roommates gentoo box but for some reason it
> wasn't accepting them to the domain even though i added bonfatti.org to
> his mydestination
> 
> Are you familiar with stuff like that?
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