[ILUG] e-mail server

[Jim Graham]

All mail is directed to a single POP account.  The mail server needs to look
at each msg and route it to the internal account
----- Original Message -----
From: Kenn Humborg <kenn at bluetree.ie>
To: Jim Graham <witc at witc.org>; <ilug at linux.ie>
Sent: 18 January 2000 11:28
Subject: RE: [ILUG] e-mail server


> > Does anyone know if anyone produces a shareware preconfigured
> > e-mail server running under linux.
>
> Donncha's install-sendmail sounds like the thing for this.
>
> > Requirements are for machine to dial the internet every hour, collect
mail
> > from a POP account and then distribute e-mail to the users in the
school.
>
> Are you sure you want to use POP download the mail?  If you want
> that to work properly, you'll need to have one POP account at the
> ISP for each user on your system.  You'll also need some way to
> maintain all the passwords for these accounts.
>
> Better to use UUCP (or whatever system your ISP uses for this kind
> of setup).
>
> > It is also to provide internal e-mail in that user1 at school.ie can send
> > e-mail to user2 at school.ie
>
> Sendmail will do this.
>
> > Clients are POP3
>
> A POP3 server probably comes with your distribution.
>
> > A bonus would be to have a DHCP server.
>
> Also probably included in your distribution.
>
> Later,
> Kenn
>