Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 13:50:46 +0300 From: "Giorgos Keramidas" <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: arvindya@123india.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freeBSD based mailserver Message-ID: <20000918105046.1174.qmail@gray.westgate.gr> In-Reply-To: <20000918102931.3029.cpmta@c008.sfo.cp.net>; from arvindya@123india.com on Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 03:29:31AM -0700 References: <20000918102931.3029.cpmta@c008.sfo.cp.net>
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On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 03:29:31AM -0700, arvindya@123india.com wrote: > > i'm in the process of setting up a freeBSD based mailserver. i'm > totally new to this, can u help me? i whould like to have a detailed > overview for all the things (software required) and how to go about it > (detailed manual). You should start by installing FreeBSD itself. When you finish the installation of FreeBSD, some of the things you should get yourself acquainted with are: - How to update your source trees with CVSup. - How to compile and boot into your custom kernel. - How to build the entire system from sources found in /usr/src - How to install additional packages from the ports tree. These are all described in the handbook. After you have become fairly confident in your knowledge of the above, you can go to the ports tree and install qmail for your mail server software. If you have updated your ports tree with CVSup, this should be as easy as doing (while logged in as the superuser, 'root'): # cd /usr/ports/mail/qmail # make # make install Then, you will find qmail's documentation in /var/qmail/doc, and you should carefully read at least the /var/qmail/doc/FAQ and the installation instructions of qmail in /var/qmail/doc/INSTALL. You can also find some documentation about setting up qmail in the homepage of qmail at <http://www.qmail.org>. Ciao, Giorgos. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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