> 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. >
Eric, I just set up an e-mail server for my family (5 people), and found that sendmail is very straight-forward in the Debian package. A good place to start is here: http://www.aboutdebian.com/internet.htm If you're not interested in a web server, and simply want SMTP and POP e-mail, go down to the section on Setting Up A Sendmail E-mail Server. I didn't bother with smarthost, mailhub or any of that stuff. I simply followed the directions and the mail goes out (swoosh!) through my DSL connection with addressing by DynDNS. After getting that tested and working, I added Squirrelmail (in Debian Stable) and enabled the spell check, calendar and next & delete plugins. SquirrelMail gives you a web front end for your mail server. (I'll probably have to delete SquirrelMail, my PC is old and underpowered). Anyway - start with the URL I noted above and follow it. You should have a basic e-mail system running quickly. Please note that I have NOT tested procmail, SpamAssassin or an anti-virus filter. My windows PC's are running NAV, so I decided not to go to that level at the mail server. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
