mail server how to?

TUX2k · Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2002 9:27 pm Post subject: mail server how to?

If installed a smtp deamon postfix (qmail I did not understand) do I need more.
I can send mail to my server but he does not seem to receive them.

Is there a mail server how to around.

p.s. I have made a mail server once or twice with RedHat.

BackSeat · Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2002 10:05 pm Post subject:

Postfix works reasonably well 'out of the box' (just as installed). If you normally send your email to your ISP's SMTP server then configure the 'relayhost' parameter in /etc/postfix.main.cf to point to your ISP's mailserver.

If that isn't the problem, please provide more detail. Are you sending from a client on one machine to the postfix server? What does your mail log have in it?

BS

TUX2k · Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2002 11:38 am Post subject:

My mail server will recive mail form it onw domian at frowarded mail for a other domain but the username will be the same.
also I need some pop only users.
The smtp server is only allowed to send mail if it is send by pine or webamail running localy on the server.
It may transfer it to my isp mail server (this so it will not cost me any bandwith).
user will need to collect there mail via either pop3 or imap.
But I must not be possible to relay mail via my server

Is short my smtp must be able to receive mail but not send it is the program is not running local.