Re: email server-static IP

2009-12-15 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Paul Cartwright put forth on 12/15/2009 4:36 AM: > On Mon December 14 2009, Stan Hoeppner wrote: >> The devil is in the details. If your home broadband ISP is going to >> host your DNS, you _must_ inform your domain registrar, Netsol in this >> case, of your new DNS servers' and their IP addresses

Re: email server-static IP

2009-12-15 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Mon December 14 2009, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > The devil is in the details.  If your home broadband ISP is going to > host your DNS, you _must_ inform your domain registrar, Netsol in this > case, of your new DNS servers' and their IP addresses.  Then you must > explicitly tell your broadband ISP

Re: email server-static IP

2009-12-15 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Mon December 14 2009, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > Your DNS service appears to be provided by this outfit below.  You would > contact this outfit to change your MX records.  My guess is that there > is a ton of reselling and partnering going on here behind the scenes, > and you may not have any clue w

Re: email server-static IP

2009-12-14 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Paul Cartwright put forth on 12/14/2009 7:39 PM: > I asked my ISP, and the response I got tells me they can take care of all the > MX records, and those kinds of things. Yet, I agree, there is lots more to > it. Not the smallest of which is S P @ M containment. Going from a hosting > service th

Re: email server-static IP

2009-12-14 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Paul Cartwright put forth on 12/14/2009 7:44 AM: > if I dropped my domain hosting company, you are saying I would go back to > network Solutions to get my MX records done? or my ISP... Not unless Netsol was/is providing your DNS. It doesn't appear to be the case: Registrant: Paul B Cartwright

Re: email server-static IP

2009-12-14 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Mon December 14 2009, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > From previous posts, I thought you already had an internet mail server > running at a colo facility, or a VPS server running an internet mail > server, and thus the basic prerequisite experience to setup another > internet mail server.  Now, from you

Re: email server-static IP

2009-12-14 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Paul Cartwright put forth on 12/14/2009 6:11 AM: > On Mon December 14 2009, Jon Dowland wrote: >> If you run your mail on a dynamic IP you will probably find >> many sites rejecting it -- it may be listed in a PBL such as >> http://www.spamhaus.org/pbl/ (either now, or in the future). >> I'd recomm

Re: email server-static IP

2009-12-14 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Mon December 14 2009, Alan Chandler wrote: > > if I dropped my domain hosting company, you are saying I would go back to > > network Solutions to get my MX records done? or my ISP... > > Presumably Network Solutions. > > I have Freeparking.co.uk look after my domains, and they provide me with >

Re: email server-static IP

2009-12-14 Thread Jon Dowland
On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 01:27:25PM +, Alan Chandler wrote: > Normally when you get a domain name, you should get the > facility to edit the name servers zone file for the > domain. You then point the MX records where you like - > just point it/them at this same static ip. Just to be picky, yo

Re: email server-static IP

2009-12-14 Thread Alan Chandler
Paul Cartwright wrote: On Mon December 14 2009, Alan Chandler wrote: Normally when you get a domain name, you should get the facility to edit the name servers zone file for the domain. You then point the MX records where you like - just point it/them at this same static ip. I've had my domain

Re: email server-static IP

2009-12-14 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Mon December 14 2009, Alan Chandler wrote: > Normally when you get a domain name, you should get the facility to edit > the name servers zone file for the domain.  You then point the MX > records where you like - just point it/them at this same static ip. I've had my domain for quite a few

Re: email server-static IP

2009-12-14 Thread Alan Chandler
Paul Cartwright wrote: On Mon December 14 2009, Jon Dowland wrote: If you run your mail on a dynamic IP you will probably find many sites rejecting it -- it may be listed in a PBL such as http://www.spamhaus.org/pbl/ (either now, or in the future). I'd recommend relaying your outbound email via

Re: email server

2009-12-14 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
Please reply to the list. On Seg, 14 Dez 2009, Joe wrote: Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: Easier than talking SMTP directly is using the swaks utility, available in the swaks package. Is it cross-platform? It's written in Perl, and Perl is cross-platform. So I'd say yes. I regret to say that

Re: email server

2009-12-14 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Mon December 14 2009, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > How is your connection at home? Mail servers usually don't like   > "consumer" IPs (from ADSL, cable and similar providers) because there   > are many spammers in these dynamic ranges. So you will probably have   > problems hosting a mail serve

Re: email server

2009-12-14 Thread Alan Chandler
Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: On Dom, 13 Dez 2009, Paul Cartwright wrote: no, I don't want to host MY domain on dyndns, I want to host my dyndns domain on my laptop, just to setup & test my own email server. I want to host my REAL domain at home, on my Debian Desktop. but I want to GET IT RIG

Re: email server

2009-12-14 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
On Dom, 13 Dez 2009, Paul Cartwright wrote: no, I don't want to host MY domain on dyndns, I want to host my dyndns domain on my laptop, just to setup & test my own email server. I want to host my REAL domain at home, on my Debian Desktop. but I want to GET IT RIGHT before I mess up my domain

Re: email server

2009-12-14 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
On Dom, 13 Dez 2009, Joe wrote: Apologies for the source of this, but it's what I frequently quote to people needing to test mail servers, and it seems accurate, just ignore references to Exchange: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/153119 Easier than talking SMTP directly is using the swaks

Re: email server-static IP

2009-12-14 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Mon December 14 2009, Jon Dowland wrote: > If you run your mail on a dynamic IP you will probably find > many sites rejecting it -- it may be listed in a PBL such as > http://www.spamhaus.org/pbl/ (either now, or in the future). > I'd recommend relaying your outbound email via either your > ISPs

Re: email server

2009-12-14 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Mon December 14 2009, Jon Dowland wrote: > If you run your mail on a dynamic IP you will probably find > many sites rejecting it -- it may be listed in a PBL such as > http://www.spamhaus.org/pbl/ (either now, or in the future). > I'd recommend relaying your outbound email via either your > ISPs

Re: email server

2009-12-14 Thread Jon Dowland
On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 07:42:41AM -0500, Paul Cartwright wrote: > so I have a DynDNS domain, that I have pointed to my > router, and I want to make a mail server for that, to test > with, get it setup, then I can move my REAL domain to > it... All I want is a simple setup, 2-3 users, just to > te

Re: email server

2009-12-13 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Sun December 13 2009, Joe wrote: > In addition to the blacklist, I reject about twenty countries on HELO > and PTR strings, a few really offensive ISPs by name (mostly German, > oddly), and make an attempt to identify and reject 'generic' PTRs. Along > with the Debian default of requiring comple

Re: email server

2009-12-13 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Sun December 13 2009, Joe wrote: > Had you, as a human, tried the suggested address, it would have reached > me. I accept mail to it and abuse unconditionally, as required by RFC. not sure I understand what you are saying here.. > > More likely is that nearly all spam is now NDR spam, which s

Re: email server

2009-12-13 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Sun December 13 2009, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > I've received spam to my inbox from all the ranges below.  Liquid Web > has 8 ranges assigned by ARIN, and I've received spam from four of them. >  I don't f*ck around when it comes to spam coming from no-name web > hosting companies.  I usually smtp

Re: email server

2009-12-13 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Paul Cartwright put forth on 12/13/2009 4:03 PM: > How do you know they are full of spammers? I've received spam to my inbox from all the ranges below. Liquid Web has 8 ranges assigned by ARIN, and I've received spam from four of them. I don't f*ck around when it comes to spam coming from no-na

Re: email server

2009-12-13 Thread Joe
Paul Cartwright wrote: On Sun December 13 2009, Joe wrote: You can split the task of testing if you have the use of an external Internet connection, possibly over ssh: you can connect to your own server by IP address or by name using telnet. Apologies for the source of this, but it's what I freq

Re: email server

2009-12-13 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Sun December 13 2009, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > Eeeww, you're in a bad neighborhood Paul: good old US of A :) oh, you mean my mail server? sorry about that! How do you know they are full of spammers? I moved from my old domain hosting people last year ( 2 years?) because there was an issue of AT&T

Re: email server

2009-12-13 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Eeeww, you're in a bad neighborhood Paul: Dec 13 14:35:52 greer postfix/smtpd[16900]: connect from liquid1.wznoc.com[72.52.240.41] Dec 13 14:35:52 greer postfix/smtpd[16900]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from liquid1.wznoc.com[72.52.240.41]: 554 5.7.1 : Client host rejected: Access denied; from= to= prot

Re: email server

2009-12-13 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Sun December 13 2009, Joe wrote: > You can split the task of testing if you have the use of an external > Internet connection, possibly over ssh: you can connect to your own > server by IP address or by name using telnet. Apologies for the source > of this, but it's what I frequently quote to pe

Re: email server

2009-12-13 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Paul Cartwright put forth on 12/13/2009 6:42 AM: > so I have a DynDNS domain, that I have pointed to my router, and I want to > make a mail server for that, to test with, get it setup, then I can move my > REAL domain to it... All I want is a simple setup, 2-3 users, just to test > incoming ( a

Re: email server

2009-12-13 Thread Joe
Liam O'Toole wrote: On 2009-12-13, Paul Cartwright wrote: so I have a DynDNS domain, that I have pointed to my router, and I want to make a mail server for that, to test with, get it setup, then I can move my REAL domain to it... All I want is a simple setup, 2-3 users, just to test incoming

Re: email server

2009-12-13 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Sun December 13 2009, Liam O'Toole wrote: > I don't know if it's the simplest or easiest, but the default email server, > exim4, should be pretty easy to set up as you describe. After installation > run 'dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config' to be presented with a configuration > wizard. yeah, after g

Re: email server

2009-12-13 Thread Liam O'Toole
On 2009-12-13, Paul Cartwright wrote: > so I have a DynDNS domain, that I have pointed to my router, and I want to > make a mail server for that, to test with, get it setup, then I can move my > REAL domain to it... All I want is a simple setup, 2-3 users, just to test > incoming ( and outgoin

Re: email server

2006-08-08 Thread marc
Kevin Coyner said... > On Tue, Aug 08, 2006 at 10:54:35PM +0300, KK wrote.. > > > >>Where I'm at now is to use: > > >>- postfix (with virtual mailboxes) > > >>- courier > > >>- getmail (I think this will work with postfix) > > >>- clamav and spamassassin (that I understand work with getmail) >

Re: email server

2006-08-08 Thread Kevin Coyner
On Tue, Aug 08, 2006 at 10:54:35PM +0300, KK wrote.. > >>Where I'm at now is to use: > >>- postfix (with virtual mailboxes) > >>- courier > >>- getmail (I think this will work with postfix) > >>- clamav and spamassassin (that I understand work with getmail) > > > >I use fetchmail, but one wo

Re: email server

2006-08-08 Thread KK
On Tue, 08 Aug 2006 21:15:43 +0300, Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, Aug 08, 2006 at 06:29:44PM +0100, marc wrote: I want to set up a local LAN-side email server that provides POP3 and IMAP for multiple accounts - the MUA is usually Firefox, both Windows and Linux. No, it isn't.

Re: email server

2006-08-08 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Carl Fink wrote: > On Tue, Aug 08, 2006 at 06:29:44PM +0100, marc wrote: > >> I want to set up a local LAN-side email server that provides POP3 and >> IMAP for multiple accounts - the MUA is usually Firefox, both Windows >> and Linux. > > No, it is

Re: email server

2006-08-08 Thread Carl Fink
On Tue, Aug 08, 2006 at 06:29:44PM +0100, marc wrote: > I want to set up a local LAN-side email server that provides POP3 and > IMAP for multiple accounts - the MUA is usually Firefox, both Windows > and Linux. No, it isn't. Firefox isn't a mail client. Maybe you mean Mozilla Thunderbird? >

Re: email server - sendmail problems

2004-04-06 Thread Ralph Crongeyer
> What am I doing wrong? is there some setting I am supposed to set to be > able to use the email outside the local network? Yes. You have to tell sendmail that it is OK to "Relay" for specific networks, other than the network it is on. I'm sure you can find this on Google. With postfix it's a

Re: email server setup

2003-12-07 Thread Edward Warzecha
 

Re: email server setup

2003-08-29 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Aug 29, 2003 at 08:49:31AM +1000, Joyce, Matthew wrote: > Could someone direct me to a step by step guide to setting up a mail sever. > SMTP,IMAP is required, SSL for both would be preferable but not essential. Use aptitude to browse for what

Re: email server setup -- SASL

2003-08-29 Thread Tom Allison
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: On Thu, 28 Aug 2003, gerard wrote: I wrote a little how to for setting up cyrus IMAP, if you want to check that out. http://devslash.org/?topic=cyrus The newer version supports SSL as well. You ARE aware that your tutorial covers the ancient and obsolete Cyrus

Re: email server setup

2003-08-29 Thread Jeffrey L. Taylor
Quoting Joyce, Matthew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Dear Debian-Users, > > Could someone direct me to a step by step guide to setting up a mail sever. > SMTP,IMAP is required, SSL for both would be preferable but not essential. > See http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=7460/uni1032893910897/ur02

Re: email server setup

2003-08-29 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Thu, 28 Aug 2003, gerard wrote: > I wrote a little how to for setting up cyrus IMAP, if you want to check that > out. http://devslash.org/?topic=cyrus The newer version supports SSL as > well. You ARE aware that your tutorial covers the ancient and obsolete Cyrus IMAPd version 1.5, don't you?

Re: email server setup

2003-08-28 Thread gerard
I wrote a little how to for setting up cyrus IMAP, if you want to check that out. http://devslash.org/?topic=cyrus The newer version supports SSL as well. ~gerard - Original Message - From: "Joyce, Matthew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 6:49 PM

Re: Email Server

2001-07-13 Thread Phil Brutsche
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > Does anyone have recommendations on how and what to use to set this up? Exim. You don't need to learn black magic to get it to work right :) Sendmail 8.10 and higher can do it but you need

Re: Email Server

2001-07-13 Thread Chuck Peters
On Wed, 11 Jul 2001, Aaron Hall wrote: > * SMTP Authentication > > Pros: Clean; nobody can use your SMTP that you don't want using it > Cons: Additional end-user configuration. Not all mail clients support it > (or they don't support it the same way your SMTP server does). More stuff > tha

Re: Email Server

2001-07-11 Thread Aaron Hall
On Thu, 12 Jul 2001, Paul Rae wrote: > High everyone, bit of a newbie when it comes to it but slowly trying to drag > our systems from windows and first main task is mail... > > so ive got myself a nice server and played around with a few distros and > have decided on debian and exmin > > right he

Re: email server?

2001-02-19 Thread Carel Fellinger
On Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 11:09:10AM -0500, seg wrote: > > Hi, > > I'd like to run a mail server on my firewall/gateway comp. That server > would dl the messages from my ISP, sort them into accounts (one for each > familly member) and them each comp/user could access its proper account and > dl

Re: email server?

2001-02-19 Thread Darren Wyn Rees
On Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 11:09:10AM -0500, seg wrote: > I'd like to run a mail server on my firewall/gateway comp. That server > would dl the messages from my ISP, sort them into accounts (one for each > familly member) and them each comp/user could access its proper account and > dl the messages

RE: email server?

2001-02-19 Thread seg
nt: Monday, February 19, 2001 11:28 AM To: Debian (E-mail) Subject: Re: email server? > Let me explain my situation...I have a small LAN at home: > 1 linux firewall/gateway and 3 workstations (me, brother > and dad). With my cable modem access we are provided > with 3 email addresses.

Re: email server?

2001-02-19 Thread Hall Stevenson
> Let me explain my situation...I have a small LAN at home: > 1 linux firewall/gateway and 3 workstations (me, brother > and dad). With my cable modem access we are provided > with 3 email addresses. - snip - > The problem is that they are all accessed using the same > "email box"; meaning you ca

Re: email server

2001-01-31 Thread MaD dUCK
also sprach Mike Egglestone (on Wed, 31 Jan 2001 08:51:25PM -0800): > Can someone point me to where I can find out > how to setup my linux box as an email server? i assume you mean as a POP3 server, i.e. where people can download their mail from. i'd suggest qpopper and you can find a little bit