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Gerald Humphreys

24 Aug 2005 24 Aug '05

06:10

Hi All Sorry or this OT, but i would like to know what all i need to create my own email address. say for instance, gerald@gerald.org.za. i've searched and dont really understand what all i have to do. Regards Gerald Humphreys

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jdd sur free

24 Aug 24 Aug

06:46

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Gerald Humphreys wrote:

Hi All

Sorry or this OT, but i would like to know what all i need to create my own email address. say for instance, gerald@gerald.org.za. i've searched and dont really understand what all i have to do.

Regards Gerald Humphreys

if you receive the mail on gerald.org.za and are root of this computer, the simplest way is to creat an account gerald on this computer. if not you may probably see with the admin jdd -- pour m'écrire, aller sur: http://www.dodin.net http://valerie.dodin.net http://arvamip.free.fr

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Jerry Feldman

13:02

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Hi All

Sorry or this OT, but i would like to know what all i need to create my own email address. say for instance, gerald@gerald.org.za. i've searched and dont really understand what all i have to do. Assuming that you are the admin on gerald.org.za. Without doing anything, each user on that system should receive email to

On Wednesday 24 August 2005 2:10 am, Gerald Humphreys wrote: that user id. So, if gerald is a user, and if you have portfix or sendmail properly configured, there should be no problem. If you want to receive email as ger@gerald.org.za, you can set up an alias. (eg. /etc/alias). This should also assume that gerald.org.za is listed as a valid host in DNS. If gerald.org.za is listed by some DNS server (eg. org.za), then the rest of the world should be able to send you email. -- Jerry Feldman Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9

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Gerald Humphreys

13:29

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----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Feldman" To: Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 3:02 PM Subject: Re: [SLE] OT: own email address

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Hi All

Sorry or this OT, but i would like to know what all i need to create my own email address. say for instance, gerald@gerald.org.za. i've searched and dont really understand what all i have to do. Assuming that you are the admin on gerald.org.za. Without doing anything, each user on that system should receive email to

On Wednesday 24 August 2005 2:10 am, Gerald Humphreys wrote: that user id. So, if gerald is a user, and if you have portfix or sendmail properly configured, there should be no problem. If you want to receive email as ger@gerald.org.za, you can set up an alias. (eg. /etc/alias).

This should also assume that gerald.org.za is listed as a valid host in DNS. If gerald.org.za is listed by some DNS server (eg. org.za), then the rest of the world should be able to send you email.

Thanks all for the answers. so in other words i can go and register the domain at www.org.za and then everything else I set up on my pc. Regards Gerald

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Jerry Feldman

13:40

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----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Feldman" To: Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 3:02 PM Subject: Re: [SLE] OT: own email address

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On Wednesday 24 August 2005 2:10 am, Gerald Humphreys wrote:

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Hi All

Sorry or this OT, but i would like to know what all i need to create my own email address. say for instance, gerald@gerald.org.za. i've searched and dont really understand what all i have to do.

Assuming that you are the admin on gerald.org.za. Without doing anything, each user on that system should receive email to that user id. So, if gerald is a user, and if you have portfix or sendmail properly configured, there should be no problem. If you want to receive email as ger@gerald.org.za, you can set up an alias. (eg. /etc/alias).

This should also assume that gerald.org.za is listed as a valid host in DNS. If gerald.org.za is listed by some DNS server (eg. org.za), then the rest of the world should be able to send you email.

Thanks all for the answers. so in other words i can go and register the domain at www.org.za and then everything else I set up on my pc. Yes. I would also suggest that you set up an MX (mail exchanger) record

On Wednesday 24 August 2005 9:29 am, Gerald Humphreys wrote: pointing to that domain. DNS can be a bit complicated. You can let org.za manage the DNS for you or you can become the master for the gerald.org.za domain, so if you need additional hosts under that domain you can set them up, but in this case, just stick with org.za. -- Jerry Feldman Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9

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Gerald Humphreys

14:00

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----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Feldman" To: Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 3:40 PM Subject: Re: [SLE] OT: own email address

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----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Feldman" To: Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 3:02 PM Subject: Re: [SLE] OT: own email address

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On Wednesday 24 August 2005 2:10 am, Gerald Humphreys wrote:

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Hi All

Sorry or this OT, but i would like to know what all i need to create my own email address. say for instance, gerald@gerald.org.za. i've searched and dont really understand what all i have to do.

Assuming that you are the admin on gerald.org.za. Without doing anything, each user on that system should receive email to that user id. So, if gerald is a user, and if you have portfix or sendmail properly configured, there should be no problem. If you want to receive email as ger@gerald.org.za, you can set up an alias. (eg. /etc/alias).

This should also assume that gerald.org.za is listed as a valid host in DNS. If gerald.org.za is listed by some DNS server (eg. org.za), then the rest of the world should be able to send you email.

Thanks all for the answers. so in other words i can go and register the domain at www.org.za and then everything else I set up on my pc. Yes. I would also suggest that you set up an MX (mail exchanger) record

On Wednesday 24 August 2005 9:29 am, Gerald Humphreys wrote: pointing to that domain.

DNS can be a bit complicated. You can let org.za manage the DNS for you or you can become the master for the gerald.org.za domain, so if you need additional hosts under that domain you can set them up, but in this case, just stick with org.za.

Hey thanks for the help. I dont know anything about domains and sendmail, postfix, or any of that stuff. I'll let org.za do everything for me and tell i know whats..what and know whats going on. Thanks again. Gerald

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