[opensuse] help with email
I need to set up an e-mail server, and this is for use with QA to test in-house software. The mail server is not to actually send mail, but be a dead end. (all mail accounts sending e-mail wont get errors, but nothing will leave the box) I have the basic of opensuse 10.3 with mail options with Postfix running. Also webmin to help administer the box. I have never configured a mail server for something like this, and I don;'t know enough about this to do it on my own here. Any help would be much appreciated! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Cody Nelson wrote:
I need to set up an e-mail server, and this is for use with QA to test in-house software. The mail server is not to actually send mail, but be a dead end. (all mail accounts sending e-mail wont get errors, but nothing will leave the box)
Just set up user accounts on the box, and mail will be delivered to those accounts. Each user then can login, and create a .forward file to his "real" email address -- then his email will be forwarded to his working email address. All this requires is to run sendmail, or an equivalent.
I have the basic of opensuse 10.3 with mail options with Postfix running. Also webmin to help administer the box.
I have never configured a mail server for something like this, and I don;'t know enough about this to do it on my own here. Any help would be much appreciated!
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Cody Nelson wrote:
I need to set up an e-mail server, and this is for use with QA to test in-house software. The mail server is not to actually send mail, but be a dead end. (all mail accounts sending e-mail wont get errors, but nothing will leave the box)
The real question is: what is supposed to happen with the mail? Should it all be dumped into an/several account(s) on the server or simply redirected to /dev/null?
I have the basic of opensuse 10.3 with mail options with Postfix running. Also webmin to help administer the box.
I have never configured a mail server for something like this, and I don;'t know enough about this to do it on my own here. Any help would be much appreciated!
I need some more details: - what exactly should happen with the mail? - is the server reachable through the internet? - are the clients trusted/do they have to authenticate to submit mails? - are all these mails for some domains or do you have to accept mails for all destinations? Do you have to check the mails later? That would require some imap/pop3 server, too. -- Sandy List replies only please! Please address PMs to: news-reply2 (@) japantest (.) homelinux (.) com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Wed, 06 Feb 2008, by codynelson@gmail.com:
I need to set up an e-mail server, and this is for use with QA to test in-house software. The mail server is not to actually send mail, but be a dead end. (all mail accounts sending e-mail wont get errors, but nothing will leave the box)
I have the basic of opensuse 10.3 with mail options with Postfix running. Also webmin to help administer the box.
I have never configured a mail server for something like this, and I don;'t know enough about this to do it on my own here. Any help would be much appreciated!
No need to. Postfix has some test programs, one of which is smtp-sink(1) DESCRIPTION smtp-sink listens on the named host (or address) and port. It takes SMTP messages from the network and throws them away. The purpose is to measure client performance, not protocol compliance. Theo -- Theo v. Werkhoven Registered Linux user# 99872 http://counter.li.org ICBM 52 13 26N , 4 29 47E. + ICQ: 277217131 SUSE 10.3 + Jabber: muadib@jabber.xs4all.nl Kernel 2.6.22 + See headers for PGP/GPG info. Claimer: any email I receive will become my property. Disclaimers do not apply. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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Theo v. Werkhoven