Configuring E-mail Services on a Standalone Wkst
Ion-Mihai Tetcu
itetcu at apropo.ro
Sun Jan 18 00:36:49 PST 2004
On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 02:47:22 -0500
Bob Perry <rperry4 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have two PCs, an NT 4.0 box and a FreeBSD 4.8 system. I'm connected
> to the internet via dial-up (56k modem) and using the mail system found
> in Mozilla. I understood that mail services was a natural with FreeBSD
> so I thought I would take the opportunity to learn what I could about
> setting up a mail server. I've become familiar with SMTP, MUAs, MTAs,
> qpopper, and fetchmail
Keep up the good work ;)
> but it seems like some of the more necessary
> components are a static IP address, 24/7 connection, and accurate DNS
> information set up on my system. If this an accurate assessment, I may
> have to be satisfied setting up my e-mail services for a standalone
> workstation because I can't afford a static IP address or 24/7 connection.
Hmm, this isn't necessarily true, but because of the spam level this days
people tend not to accept messages from servers that do no have static
ips and proper dns settings - as many spammers usually fit in this category.
> If a full-fledged e-mail server isn't feasible, can I still use software
> like sendmail, mutt, qpopper, and fetchmail for a standalone
> workstation?
Well, yes. You would have to set sendmail to deliver messages through
your ISP SMTP server (like you have now this setting in Mozilla).
> Do they offer any real advantages over the mail systems
> that come with Mozilla, Netscape, etc.?
I think they do. You could use your FreeBSD box to:
- fetch mail on cron bases for you and your family email accounts (=>
lower)
- deliver mail on cron bases
- pipe the received mail through a spam filter program (I would
recommend dspam - mail/dspam)
The result will be lower costs and better knowledge ;)
--
IOnut
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