Date: Fri, 4 May 2018 11:33:39 -0700 From: Kurt Buff <kurt.buff@gmail.com> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: email service for a private domain! Message-ID: <CADy1Ce7ExQz21rM-nu7EzzGhE%2BDcmdgtMQNqaW7aPvgtbs918w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20180504083711.GB10324@wolfman.devio.us> References: <20180504083711.GB10324@wolfman.devio.us>
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I assume that you have someone hosting your DNS zone. That's the easiest alternative. I wouldn't dive into hosting your own DNS. You will need, at a mimimum, the following: You will need a static address for your host from your ISP (or if you are colocating your server, from them), and you will also require a PTR record for your host, entered into the zone of whoever grants you the static address. Your DNS zone will need to list the A (and/or AAAA) record for your host, and an MX record. You will also want an SPF record in your zone, and should explore the idea of implementing DMARC/DKIM. After that is configured, you'll need to configure the software for your mail server. I suggest using postfix, in conjunction with a good IMAP server. There are several. I'd also recommend that you subscribe to the postfix email list, and start asking questions there - after you've read the documentation. There are alternatives to postfix (I've used and loathed sendmail, a very long time ago), but postfix is the one that seemed best developed to me, and I was most comfortable with it. YMMV. I'd also suggest setting up an anti-spam filter. For my $dayjob several years ago, I put up MAIA Mailguard, and it worked very well. It packages spamassassin and several other things into a very nice filter, but it might be overkill if you are only doing mail for yourself. I no longer use postfix/spamassassin or other OSS tools for email, so can't comment much further - $dayjob has implemented commercial alternatives for all of that. HTH, Kurt On Fri, May 4, 2018 at 1:37 AM, Mayuresh Kathe <mayuresh@kathe.in> wrote: > i own a domain (kathe.in) which i would like to setup for mail services. > essentially, i should be able to log-in over ssh and work through my > emails using mailx. > > i have no idea about what is involved and don't know what the search for > via google. > > could i be pointed in the right direction? > > also, how do i evaluate hosting service providers? > i only know of rootbsd and digitalocean. > > thanks. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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