Date: Mon, 9 Feb 1998 11:37:18 -0800 (PST) From: Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com> To: Mahendra <mahen@sapura.com.my> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: regarding email system in freebsd Message-ID: <Pine.UW2.3.95.980209111938.7553J-100000@cedb> In-Reply-To: <01bd3514$cbaa5e00$458282c8@mahen.sapura.com.my>
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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. Send mail to mime@docserver.cac.washington.edu for more info. ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BD3557.D9CD9E00 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=iso-8859-1 Content-ID: <Pine.UW2.3.95.980209111938.7553L@cedb> On Mon, 9 Feb 1998, Mahendra wrote: > well is smtp, pop3 and imap4 a standard email server service available on freebsd. can freebsd be a dns server. SMTP is present as sendmail. POP and IMAP servers are available. I use the U of Wash. IMAP4 software which includes a POP server. I'm sure there is a port available in the ports collection or use the package if you are more comfortable with pre-compiled software. The DNS reference, BIND, is developed on a BSD system, not FreeBSD but the differences aren't worth mentioning. > i had very little hassle configuring email system and dns server on nt but got lost in some dimension i guess when i saw the unix CLI. maybe you can give a few simple steps in configuring the dns in comparison to unix. and if possible sendmail itself. h ow do i start configuration to have smtp, pop3 and imap4 services active. To setup sendmail just set sendmail_enable to "YES" in /etc/rc.conf The default flags and sendmail.cf are suitable for typical (not ISP) installations. If you need more than the stock setup you'll need a copy of the bat book _sendmail_ from O'Reilly, don't let the size intimidate you, it's not that bad. Really. For DNS goto /etc/namedb and run make-localhost. That will give you a working zone file for the localhost. You can use it as a template for the reverse file for address space you are authoritative for. Next you can edit named.boot to fit your situation. It has examples for primary, secondary and cache only servers. For your forward zone file you're on your own. Take the SOA stuff from localhost.rev, then delete the line that starts with "1" and add your own records, domain.com. IN A 123.123.123.123 IN MX 10 mail.domain.com. mail IN A 123.123.123.124 IN MX 10 mail.domain.com. and so on. If you are handling more than a single domain _DNS and BIND_ from O'Reilly is required reading. It's not a bad idea for a single domain either. After installing the IMAP and POP servers you need to add/uncomment the entries for them in /etc/inetd.conf and kick inetd with a kill -HUP or reboot. For the UWash server the lines pop3 stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/etc/ipop3d ipop3d imap stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/etc/imapd imapd work. Have fun! Dan -- Dan Busarow 714 443 4172 DPC Systems / Beach.Net dan@dpcsys.com Dana Point, California 83 09 EF 59 E0 11 89 B4 8D 09 DB FD E1 DD 0C 82 ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BD3557.D9CD9E00-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe questions" in the body of the message
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