Re: [SLE] Configuring a mail system

From: John (John_at_DMJ-Consultancy.co.uk)
Date: 03/20/05

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    Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 13:17:04 +0000
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    Khanh Tran wrote:

    >When you say your server "connects" you to the Internet, do you mean via
    >iptables?
    >
    >
    Currently Yast firewall, but in effect, iptables, yes.

    >Provided you've got mailboxes in /var/spool/mail, you'll want to install
    >Cyrus OR QPopper. QPopper is for POP3 clients. Cyrus is for IMAP. It
    >all depends on what clients you want to support. I've never used
    >Thunderbird, but most modern mail clients talk both POP3 and IMAP.
    >
    >For web-based access to email, I've been running SquirrelMail
    >successfully for years now. I believe it will only talk IMAP and not
    >POP3.
    >
    >
    Does SquirrelMail run on my web server or on my laptop?

    >
    >Khanh Tran
    >Network Operations
    >Sarah Lawrence College
    >
    >
    >
    >-----Original Message-----
    >From: John [mailto:John@DMJ-Consultancy.co.uk]
    >Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 6:39 AM
    >To: suse-linux-e@suse.com
    >Subject: [SLE] Configuring a mail system
    >
    >I am about to embark on configuring a mail system across one server and
    >two workstations but am confused and need to ensure that I am pointing
    >in the right direction.
    >
    >My server runs SuSE 9.2 pro and is configured for NIS, NFS, Samba,
    >Apache and DNS. It provides my connection to the Internet and hosts my
    >web site.
    >
    >My legacy XP workstation runs Mozilla Thunderbird and currently connects
    >direct to my ISP, via the above server, to send mail by SMTP and receive
    >by POP3.
    >
    >My portable will be used to access the post office by kmail when at home
    >and via the Internet when away.
    >
    >I have configured postfix on the server, so should be able to send and
    >receive mail by SMTP. Presumably, adding fetchmail will allow me to read
    >the ISP.
    >
    >I now want to connect my two workstations and this is where the
    >confusion really starts. Reading through the SuSE Bible, it seems I need
    >QPopper and Cyrus running on the server. Can anyone point me in the
    >right direction to connect Thunderbird and kmail into what I have so far
    >and indicate how to make the post office available through my web site?
    >
    >Any guidance will be much appreciated
    >
    >TIA
    >
    >John
    >
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