Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 08:47:49 +0100 (BST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Tadimeti=20Keshav?= <keshav_tadimeti@yahoo.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Sendmail newbie questions Message-ID: <20030912074749.20192.qmail@web86002.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
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Hello folks, I would like to have a mail server running on my oh-so-humble 866MHz PIII FreeBSD 4.5 machine. I want to use sendmail (it is available as a package). I have a few questions to ask. 1. This is a standalone machine at home, I don't have any network cards. Do I need one? I can connect to the net using user PPP. 2. Being totally ignorant of networking, I disabled as much of networking as possible. ( I did a standard install). Do I need to have such thigs as DNS configured. 3. What about giving my computer a name - do I have to do that + do I have to give myself an IP address. 4. Any other networking detail? I am reading FreeBSD Unleashed which is quite detailed and helpful. I tried to look at the handbook, but what it says I need to read the networking chapter first, which makes no sense to me. Please help me out. Thanks in advance... keshav ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://mail.messenger.yahoo.co.uk
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