[NTLUG:Discuss] Sendmail question

[Bug Hunter]

  You have to set the mail record, called an MX record in the DNS server
that serves the domain to point to your machine.  Your machine needs a
fixed IP address on the internet.

  You then must configure your machine to accept mail for that domain. The
configuration files are in /etc/mail for sendmail.  You must install the
IMAP package to get pop3 and imap for users to pick up mail.  YOu wil have
to set up a user account for each person that receives mail to that box.

  You need to read the documentation in /usr/share/doc.

have fun!

On Mon, 27 May 2002, Joe Torma wrote:

> I'm a newbie so please go easy on me...  Recently downloaded, burned and
> installed a copy of RH 7.3 on a Dell PowerEdge 4200 server.  I am wanting
> this box to handle email for a domain hosted elsewhere
> (http://www.richardsonhumanesociety.com).  Is this possible?  If so, for
> someone who knows nothing about sendmail and very little about Linux (or any
> other Unix-like environment), how difficult is the challenge?  What I would
> like to do is be able to assign user mail accounts which members can check
> through their respective email clients if possible.  If we can tackle this
> one I would also like to talk about the feasibility of hosting FrontPage
> webs on Apache, and / or using the Linux box as a point of origin for .asp
> pages for a web which is hosted elsewhere, if possible.
> 
> Info:
> RH 7.3 SMP core (2x333Mhz) configured as server without customization or
> additional package installation.
> Have DSL and Static IP's
> Have multiple Nic's in the server
> Have Linksys 4 port router (Would probably need another if more than 1 Nic
> from the server needs access.)
> More info available if needed.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> Joe T.
> 
> 
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