Date: 18 Sep 2000 04:32:14 -0700 From: arvindya@123india.com To: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freeBSD based mailserver Message-ID: <20000918113214.21040.cpmta@c008.sfo.cp.net>
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hello Giorgos, thank u very much for your help! best, Arvind On Mon, 18 September 2000, "Giorgos Keramidas" wrote: > > 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. ______________________________________________________ 123India.com - India's Premier Portal Get your Free Email Account at http://www.123india.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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