[gentoo-user] I want to configure an email server

[gentoo-user] I want to configure an email server

[Dan Cowsill]

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But I have no idea where to start.  Frankly, so many possibilities and
incredibly complex setups have deterred me somewhat from embarking on
this venture.  However, I would very much like to have my very own email
server under my own domain name.

So what I'm asking you guys for is documentation, software packages,
recommended setups, anything you can add.  I am not looking for an all
in one HOWTO (and don't really expect to find one with such a
complicated process) and I am willing to RTFM when necessary.

Thanks a lot guys.

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Re: [gentoo-user] I want to configure an email server

[blackhawk]

Hello !

I advise you to take a look at
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Email:_A_Complete_Virtual_System .
I've used this howto to make my email server and all works fine now.
It's composed of Postfix + Spamassassin + SQLGrey + ClamAV coupled with
MySQL database for me or PGSQL as in the howto.

Regards,

Xavier Parizet
http://www.linuxant.fr/

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> But I have no idea where to start.  Frankly, so many possibilities and
> incredibly complex setups have deterred me somewhat from embarking on
> this venture.  However, I would very much like to have my very own email
> server under my own domain name.
>
> So what I'm asking you guys for is documentation, software packages,
> recommended setups, anything you can add.  I am not looking for an all
> in one HOWTO (and don't really expect to find one with such a
> complicated process) and I am willing to RTFM when necessary.
>
> Thanks a lot guys.
>
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Re: [gentoo-user] I want to configure an email server

[Dan Cowsill]

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Hey there, thanks for the tip!  I didn't expect to find a complete
HOWTO, as I said, but then again I've never seen a HOWTO that big.

Question, though.  Do I need to do anything very special to use MySQL
instead of PGSQL?

Thanks again,

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danthehat ;)blackhawk@linuxant.fr wrote:
> Hello !
> 
> I advise you to take a look at
> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Email:_A_Complete_Virtual_System .
> I've used this howto to make my email server and all works fine now.
> It's composed of Postfix + Spamassassin + SQLGrey + ClamAV coupled with
> MySQL database for me or PGSQL as in the howto.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Xavier Parizet
> http://www.linuxant.fr/
> 
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>> But I have no idea where to start.  Frankly, so many possibilities and
>> incredibly complex setups have deterred me somewhat from embarking on
>> this venture.  However, I would very much like to have my very own email
>> server under my own domain name.
>>
>> So what I'm asking you guys for is documentation, software packages,
>> recommended setups, anything you can add.  I am not looking for an all
>> in one HOWTO (and don't really expect to find one with such a
>> complicated process) and I am willing to RTFM when necessary.
>>
>> Thanks a lot guys.
>>
>> - - --
>> danthehat ;)
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Re: [gentoo-user] I want to configure an email server

[blackhawk]

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> Hey there, thanks for the tip!  I didn't expect to find a complete
> HOWTO, as I said, but then again I've never seen a HOWTO that big.
>
> Question, though.  Do I need to do anything very special to use MySQL
> instead of PGSQL?
You just have to do what they say in the Howto for PgSQL for MySQL, it's
the same thing.
A sed -e 's|pgsql|mysql|ig' on this Howto might be sufficient :)

>
> Thanks again,
>
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> danthehat ;)blackhawk@linuxant.fr wrote:
>> Hello !
>>
>> I advise you to take a look at
>> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Email:_A_Complete_Virtual_System .
>> I've used this howto to make my email server and all works fine now.
>> It's composed of Postfix + Spamassassin + SQLGrey + ClamAV coupled with
>> MySQL database for me or PGSQL as in the howto.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Xavier Parizet
>> http://www.linuxant.fr/
>>
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>>> But I have no idea where to start.  Frankly, so many possibilities and
>>> incredibly complex setups have deterred me somewhat from embarking on
>>> this venture.  However, I would very much like to have my very own
>>> email
>>> server under my own domain name.
>>>
>>> So what I'm asking you guys for is documentation, software packages,
>>> recommended setups, anything you can add.  I am not looking for an all
>>> in one HOWTO (and don't really expect to find one with such a
>>> complicated process) and I am willing to RTFM when necessary.
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot guys.
>>>
>>> - - --
>>> danthehat ;)
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Re: [gentoo-user] I want to configure an email server

[Dan Cowsill]

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Well, you guys have given me a lot of reading to do!  Thanks for all the
 pointers.  I'll probably fill you in with updates on my progress as I
will no doubt run into a few snags.

Thanks again!



blackhawk@linuxant.fr wrote:
> Hey there, thanks for the tip!  I didn't expect to find a complete
> HOWTO, as I said, but then again I've never seen a HOWTO that big.
> 
> Question, though.  Do I need to do anything very special to use MySQL
> instead of PGSQL?
>> You just have to do what they say in the Howto for PgSQL for MySQL, it's
>> the same thing.
>> A sed -e 's|pgsql|mysql|ig' on this Howto might be sufficient :)
> 
> Thanks again,
> 
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> danthehat ;)blackhawk@linuxant.fr wrote:
>>>> Hello !
>>>>
>>>> I advise you to take a look at
>>>> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Email:_A_Complete_Virtual_System .
>>>> I've used this howto to make my email server and all works fine now.
>>>> It's composed of Postfix + Spamassassin + SQLGrey + ClamAV coupled with
>>>> MySQL database for me or PGSQL as in the howto.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Xavier Parizet
>>>> http://www.linuxant.fr/
>>>>
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>>>>> But I have no idea where to start.  Frankly, so many possibilities and
>>>>> incredibly complex setups have deterred me somewhat from embarking on
>>>>> this venture.  However, I would very much like to have my very own
>>>>> email
>>>>> server under my own domain name.
>>>>>
>>>>> So what I'm asking you guys for is documentation, software packages,
>>>>> recommended setups, anything you can add.  I am not looking for an all
>>>>> in one HOWTO (and don't really expect to find one with such a
>>>>> complicated process) and I am willing to RTFM when necessary.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks a lot guys.
>>>>>
>>>>> - - --
>>>>> danthehat ;)
>>>>> 

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Re: [gentoo-user] I want to configure an email server

[Alan]

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On Sun, May 13, 2007 at 05:44:45PM -0400, Dan Cowsill wrote:
> But I have no idea where to start.  Frankly, so many possibilities and
> incredibly complex setups have deterred me somewhat from embarking on
> this venture.  However, I would very much like to have my very own email
> server under my own domain name.
> 
> So what I'm asking you guys for is documentation, software packages,
> recommended setups, anything you can add.  I am not looking for an all
> in one HOWTO (and don't really expect to find one with such a
> complicated process) and I am willing to RTFM when necessary.

The question is more what sort of setup do you want?  Are you setting up
just for one domain, for more than one, doing hosting, etc etc?  A
default postfix install with the /etc/postfix/main.cf edited to make
sure that the domain is correct will give you what you want for an email
system, but won't really do it if you're doing multiple domains, or want
a database backend, etc.   A bit more info would help.  There's all
sorts of info out there, you just need to know what you're looking for
first :)

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Re: [gentoo-user] I want to configure an email server

[Sean Johnson]

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Dan Cowsill wrote:
> However, I would very much like to have my very own email
> server under my own domain name.

You should really have a static public IP address for that.

> So what I'm asking you guys for is documentation, software packages,
> recommended setups, anything you can add.  I am not looking for an all
> in one HOWTO (and don't really expect to find one with such a
> complicated process) and I am willing to RTFM when necessary.

Personally, I'm a qmail person, and he "Life with qmail" documentation
is pretty good:

  http://www.lifewithqmail.org/lwq.html

The package name for qmail has changed recently under Gentoo, so you
would emerge netqmail instead of qmail. There are many different mta
softwares out there. I would suggest trying a few of them, and see which
one seems to fit your thought process the best. For me it's qmail, but
you might be more of an exim or postfix or (god forbid) sendmail person.

Good luck!

-Sean


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