Re: VPS - SendMail Config

>     I used to be a Qmailphobiac.

>     Qmail was a beast to set up and config. Inter7 has done a lot of work
>     to make it better. Shupp has done even more - he made instructions even
>     my grandma could follow. Qmail by itself is pretty lackluster. Toss in
>     some patches and you've got a very robust mail server that supports
>     virtual mail.

>     Go here:
>     http://shupp.org/toaster/#preface
>     and follow the instructions. Scrape and paste, and it's done. I had to
>     localize my instructions because of my heightened security posture. If
>     you changed your umask or any directory permissions, you may find some
>     snags. If it's a default Linux box, you'll be fine.

>     It will take about 4 hours for the compilation. In the end, you get
>     spam filtering, anti-virus, pop, imap, webmail. Once set up, a web page
>     is used to create e-mail accounts, forwards, etc.

>     For what it's worth, I just had a commercial vulnerability scanner hit
>     the box yesterday and it came up clean. I've used nessus against it as
>     well, so it is very secure.

>     George Toft, CISSP, MSIS
>     My IT Department
>     www.myITaz.com
>     480-544-1067

>     Confidential data protection experts for the financial industry.

>     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 /* 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
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