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From: "Jerry Feldman"
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