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
--
-Eric 'shubes'
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