Dear, I followed the tutorial 'the perfect server' for ubuntu 7.10, and installed ISPconfig. Now it runs all fine, but I have no idea how to make the setup a working mail server. I have registerd a domain (http://www.exilebear.nl). The idea is the run my own mail server at my home, the port 25 is not blocked by my ISP so that's not a problem. I am new in the linux world, could somebody describe what I must do next?
Mailserver Hi, You should setup either postfix or exim. Exim might be a bit harder to setup but is more modern. What distribution do you have? If Debian (Ubuntu etc) it's easy: apt-cache search exim shows all packages which have exim in them. apt-get install exim should setup exim for you. You can then find numerous howtos on the web on how to setup that mail server properly.
I installed Postfix on the machine, and everything which comes with ISPConfig. My OS is Ubuntu 7.10. Am i still able to create an email server with all the extra feature's of ISPConfig installed on my system? I am currently configuring Postfix for my domain. But I don't know what to do when it is configured. How can i check if it recieves mail?
local mail dir Hi, You can check mail with the 'mail' command as a specific user (the one you sent mail to). If you cannot run that program you have to install it first. you can also try sending mail with: echo test | mail -s "Subject" [email protected] If you want to receive mail with a mail program over pop or imap you have to also install a pop3 or imap server like Cyrus.
