Well, the simple answer, with a few added items that will save you grief down the road:
Run Exim4 on the debian (testing) mail server using your ISP as a SmartHost for sending outgoing mail. Configure it to use maildir storage format, and run the Courier IMAP daemon for retrieval. Your "firewall" will need to permit the world to talk to your mail server on port 25. You can avoid this by having the mx records for your domain point to your ISP, and have your ISP spool your incoming mail, and you simply retrieve it (there are a bunch of tools for doing this, but I'm not a fan of them). IMAP client on the desktops (Eudora, Web-Browsers, Outlook Express, Evolution, etc.). The use of maildir format will let you grow and scale. The use of IMAP will let you add a web-mail client easily, and also support remote access via a VPN, in ways that POP doesn't handle well at all. Good Luck. madmac ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Walstad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 8:48 AM Subject: debain email setup > Hi all. > > I am looking for advice on setting up a small office with an email > server on a Debian box. I also need to do some outgoing email > filtering/blocking. > > I have no experience setting up an email server as I've always worked on > my own and just let my ISP handle the chore. Now I need to setup a > small office (5 workstations: one Debian, one WinME and the rest WinXP) > with a Debian box that will act as a mail server for these 5 > workstations. I expect the Debian mail server to periodically check > for incoming mail on the ISP's mail server and store it for retrieval > by the windows workstations. I'd also like to have the Debian box > block one of the workstations from sending mail outside the office, but > allow that workstation to send mail to the other workstations within > the office. The ISP hosts the domain that the outgoing emails will use > for addressing. That is, the ISP hosts "bar.com" and I need the > workstations to send out mail like: "From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > This seems like a simple setup. But, I've been trying to get my head > around it for a long time and I think I'm more confused than ever. > I've read the O'Reilly _Sendmail_ book through chapter 23 and now I'm > not conviced I need something as complex as sendmail. > > Is there a standard Debian recipe for this kind of configuration? > Would you recommend using something other than sendmail? > Can you point me to a particularly relevent HOWTO that will help? > Can you help me map my descriptions, above, to some of the common mail > jargon (smarthost, mailhub, delivery agent, etc.)? > > Thanks in advance for any pointers you can provide. > > Best, > > Eric. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
