Hans Krueger wrote:
On 12/18/2009 06:22 AM, Per Jessen wrote:
Sandy Drobic wrote:
Setting up a mailserver is very easy if you don't want to use it. Setting up a mailserver correctly and maintain it correctly is something that needs a lot of knowledge and work.
This goes for ISP installations as well as for small business installations and private servers.
Hey guys, don't scare Hans away - setting up a postfix mailserver for a single domain in openSUSE is not that difficult, including getting it right. The vanilla config needs a couple of tweaks, and he'll need to amend a couple of DNS records, but isn't that pretty much it?
/Per
thanks for replay with out the crap some people have a condescending attitude or think everybody is a windows user been using suse for 10+ years now e-mail me off list with the info thanks
Hi Hans let's keep in on-list, so others can correct me where I screw up :-) I am assuming you have a working DNS and an internet connection with a fixed IP. You start with the vanilla postfix install that comes with openSUSE. Amend/check the following: /etc/postfix/main.cf - comment out line 423 (home_mailbox). /etc/postfix/main.cf - myhostname needs to be e.g. "mail.example.com". Make sure your DNS (with whoever is hosting your domain) has an entry for "mail.example.com" that points to your public IP-address. Also make sure the reverse DNS for your IP has a PTR record that points to "mail.example.com". Your internet provider will be the contact for that. Also create an MX record identifying your server as the mail exchanger. Finally amend inet_interfaces: inet_interfaces = $myhostname If you're running a firewall, you'll need to open port 25. There are lots of things you might want to do, but for a simple mail server, I think this will do. /Per -- Per Jessen, Zürich (-1.6°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org