Keith,

Qmail by itself is a lot of work to set up (with patches and all), but 
you might want to check out www.qmailtoaster.com. All of the integration 
work has already been done, so creating a mail server is pretty simple. 
Many nice features are included. I've had good success with it.

keith smith wrote:
> Hi Ben,
> 
> I've been reading about postfix for years.
> 
> My concern is messing up a vps server .... this is for leaning mostly so 
> I guess I give it a try.
> 
> The last Linux I used was Debian Patato.  I was familiar with apt-get 
> and how to determine which package to get.  I would go to the Debian 
> website where they listed all the packages.
> 
> I'm aware of exim, postfix,qmail, and sendmail.  I hear exim is good but 
> not widely used.  Qmail is reportedly difficult to configure.   Evey one 
> says to avoid sendmail.   I've also read that sendmail is not all that 
> efficient.  I have read good things about postfix over the years.  I 
> think postfix will be my next stop.
> 
> I'm not sure how to find the yum command to uninstall sendmail and what  
> package would install PostFix.  - I'll start by checking with google....
> 
> Where can I go to look up the packages on Fedora Core 5?
> 
> Any suggestions on a pop3 server?
> 
> And I'm still not clear on setting up an email account.  Is that handled 
> through the pop3 server?
> 
> I saw port 587 was used in sendmail also.  Is that a standard 
> alternative to port 25?
> 
> Thanks a bunch for all your help,
> Keith
> 
> 
> 
> */Empty <plug@emptiedout.com>/* wrote:
> 
>     keith smith wrote:
>      > I'm trying to configure sendmail 8.13 on Fedora Core 5. This is a
>     VPS and I'm doing everything from the command line.
> 
>     No clue on that one, but I would suggest Anything but Sendmail... Try
>     Postfix or Exim or, if you are fairly knowledgeable, qmail.
> 
>      > All I want to do is create an email account
>     info@travelingcheese.net and access it via Thunderbird or webmail. -
>     no local user.
> 
>     So you need a POP3 or IMAP server too...
> 
>      > I would also like to add a port in addition to port 25 for smtp
>     as an alternate.
> 
>     The port you want is port 587.
> 
>     ~Ben
>     -- 
>     ---
>     "Confession only helps if you actually feel bad for your actions.
>     For you, it would just be a really long boast."
>     -Tara
>     http://www.emptiedout.com


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-Eric 'shubes'
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