Re: [Sheflug] poop and double poop - or howto setup a mailserver?

[Neil R Porter <n.r.porter [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 2002-10-24 at 23:01, Barrie Bremner wrote:
> >>>>> "Barrie" == Barrie Bremner <baz-sheflug [at] barriebremner.com> writes:
> 
>     Barrie> Due to QMail's author, Dan Bernstein, having a slightly
>     Barrie> odd requirement to have qmail installed installed in
>     Barrie> /var/qmail/ and his licence that QMail be distributed
>     Barrie> unchanged (i.e. patches seperately) it's unlikely you'll
>     Barrie> have to compile from source - not difficult.
> 
> Doh!
> 
> It's been one of those days today.
> 
> That should have been
> 
> ...it's unlikely you'll get packages for QMail and so will have to
> compile it from source - not difficult.

Yes, I re-read it a few times and wondered!

> And I seem to be say the same words over. Grrr.
> 
> Pieter's post seems to suggest Postfix is about the best option if
> it's already there...
> 

Thanks guys.  OK, so I'm set on using Postfix for SMTP and you're right,
it's already installed, I just need to allow it to run and open up the
port.

Now for POP3?  What to use anyone?

Neil

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