Can we cover email clients too? I can't get pine to work properly, making the big 'L' on my head grow bigger and brighter... arson smith wrote: > > Maybe we should have a PLUG meeting covering email > server software. This is something I would be really > interested in learning a little about. I too have > tried to setup sendmail and qmail both. For some > reason both seemed more complex then they needed to > be but I know there is a lot more to email than I > am considering. > > Just an idea > > Bill Warner > > >From: Mark Myers > >Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > >To: "plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us" > > > >Subject: Ashamed > >Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 00:51:29 -0700 > > > >I must confess something. > >Though I have toyed with Linux for some time, I set my main domain > >server up as an NT box because at least I know how to configure e-mail > >with it. > >I'm running a program out of New Zealand called DWatch that for 5 users > >or less, is free. > >I tried setting my server up running Mandrake Linux 7 and every time I > >tried to send e-mail to a defined user, it would give an error message > >back saying something to the effect of now relaying allowed. > >At that time, I was not trying to relay, I was merely trying to send a > >message to a registered user. > >In frustration I reinstalled NT Server and installed DWatch which is > >free for 5 users or less. > >I don't want a big domain, or anything. I registered pamarq.com just to > >learn more. > >I wanted to run Linux on it, but could not because I didn't have the > >know-how to set up Sendmail. > >My main PC is running Linux with VMWare clients of Windows applications > >primarily for my wife. > >I want my server to be running Linux too, but have not found a simple > >e-mail (pop3/smtp) program that is easy to configure within Linux. > >Here is what I want: > >2 or 3 users being able to log into pamarq.com (currently I have > >mark@pamarq.com, mmyers@pamarq.com and pamela@pamarq.com). I also want > >to be able to relay within my personal domain at fastq plus one other IP > >address which is the firewall IP address of my company. > >That is it. Nothing fancy. > >I could figure out how to do this with DWatch for NT, but is there > >something simple that I could run on Linux that would do the same thing? > >I don't need heavy duty. I just want to prevent spammers from using my > >server, but in the same way, I want to be able to relay from my server > >while at work (my IP address for our firewall never changes). > >Please help if you can help me to figure out a simple solution with > >Linux. > >I'm not an absolute novice, but I don't need anything fancy either. > >At work I'm an NT administrator so I run a 100% Microsoft network (not > >my choice). I was even told today to take the Linux server off that > >monitored Internet usage. > >So I need to be able to relay from 1 IP address from the Internet, and a > >range of IP address (192.168.204.2*) (fictional) from home. > >I don't want to run a business per se, nor do I want to run an ISP. I > >just want to learn. > >Any advice would be helpful. > >Thanks! > >Mark Myers > > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi! I'm a signature virus. Copy me into your .sig to join the fun! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~