New Linux server at home

[keith smith]

That would come in handy.  I have a LAMP server on a private IP that I use for software dev.  I can test almost everything except the parts that send mail out.  When I get to that point I move the code to a test server.

I've tried to configure a mail server in the past and have found it difficult at best. I never seem to figure out where to start.

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Keith Smith

--- On Tue, 6/22/10, Stephen <cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Stephen <cryptworks at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: New Linux server at home
To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
Date: Tuesday, June 22, 2010, 4:18 PM

The concept of it is called an SMTP smarthost, basically you point your SMTP server directly to theirs.

On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 4:16 PM, keith smith <klsmith2020 at yahoo.com> wrote:



How can you - "you can configure your server to use cox for your outbound messages" 



Do you connect to their SMTP server and look like a client?

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Keith Smith

--- On Tue, 6/22/10, Eric Shubert <ejs at shubes.net> wrote:



From: Eric Shubert <ejs at shubes.net>
Subject: Re: New Linux server at home
To: plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us


Date: Tuesday, June 22, 2010, 3:53 PM

They simply block the std ports, and there are ways around that.

You don't need to run a full-fledged domain right off the bat though. You might start with a private mail server that you can use IMAP with, so you can access your email from all of your devices (multiple computers, phone, etc), and the devices all see your email the same way (ie you file/delete something from one device, it's filed/deleted on all of them). You can run fetchmail on your private server to fetch email from your other accounts, and you can configure your server to use cox for
 your outbound messages.

-- -Eric 'shubes'

Stephen wrote:
> downside to this one is the filtering Cox applies to email services.
> 
> On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 2:57 PM, Eric Shubert <ejs at shubes.net> wrote:


>> Stephen wrote:
>>> just set up a new Linux server, just recently demoed my xenserver and
>>> moved it into a new case... dropped the optical and in all tons
>>> quieter
>>> 


>>> but my main purpose in this email is what sort of services do people
>>> run at home and what do they do with them.
>>> 
>> I expect to see more personal mail servers in the future.


>> http://qmailtoaster.com will get you up and running in no time.
>> I know that qmail is frowned upon by some,
 but QMT 'just works'.
>> I'm active in the QMT community, so I'm biased (but for good reasons). ;)
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>> -Eric 'shubes'
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