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Re : Re: mail server config
Hi,
I have been following your posts with interest and I suggest the following:
1. First read some book or howto on linux system administration. There used to be a guide called LAME ( Linux Administration Made Easy) if you search google for this string you should be able to download this and read it. This should give you a good understanding of linux system administration. If you have access to it, the Oreilly book titled "Running Linux" is a good place to start and this would not be complete without a visit to http://www.tldp.org
2. After this you can then engage in installing various packages you want like apache, exim etc. Take them one at a time. At the moment you're trying too many things at the same time and not completing any. Set your mind on one of them, concetrate read howtos on the web, search google until it is up and running properly then move on to the next one.
just my 2 cents...
cheers,
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Noah
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2003 Jun 20 - 13:03
Paul <pademmy at yahoo.com>
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>hello,
>
>Good day. thanks for your reply.
>pls am still having some little difficulties in
>installing the exim in redhat linux 7.2, the
>instruction on afnog workshop is on freebsd stuff and
>some command structure are different from linux.
>
>like compiling it from the source info
>
>$ su
># pw useradd exim -u 90 -d /usr/exim
># exit
>
>does it mean that I need to create a user call exim in
>the root directory of linux before I installed exim on
>the system or what?
>
>secondly, if I need to download exim from the net, in
>what directory do I need to download it to before I
>now do the tar to untar the file?
>
>pls help me out cos the afnog work sheet on freebsd is
>not detail enough to my understanding.
>--- Fisayo Adeleke <fisayo at mail.steineng.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm not sure if exim works on windows. You can visit
>> www.exim.org to find out. Howeverm it does work on
>> linux and easier to i
>> nsttall than qmail.
>>
>> -Fisayo
>>
>> NB: the ws.afnog.org website is the best place you
>> can get an easily understandable installation
>> procedure for exim.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 09:14:14AM -0700, Paul
>> wrote:
>> > hi fisayo,
>> >
>> > thanks for the reply.
>> >
>> > can the exim work on windows2000 platform or on
>> what
>> > operating platform do you run your exim mail
>> system?
>> >
>> > you see, what I did now was to point the linux box
>> to
>> > a windows2000 server dns in order to be able to
>> > resovle address. but now I want to try the exim
>> > installation first so that is why am asking that
>> can
>> > ot work on linux only or it can also work on
>> > windows2000 platform too?
>> >
>> > thanks
>> > ajayi
>> >
>> > --- Fisayo Adeleke <fisayo at mail.steineng.com>
>> wrote:
>> > > Hi,
>> > >
>> > > I run my DNS on windows 2000 for the primary and
>> I
>> > > run the secondary DNS on windows 2003 (test
>> bed). I
>> > > run my websites both on IIS and Apache (though
>> more
>> > > websites are on Apache). Then I run Exim for my
>> > > corporate email and some other corporate bodies
>> I
>> > > host emails for and qmail+vpopmail+sqwebmail for
>> my
>> > > publich mail service because of the signup
>> features.
>> > >
>> > > cheers
>> > >
>> > > -Fisayo
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 12:10:21AM -0700, Paul
>> > > wrote:
>> > > > Hello Fisayo,
>> > > > Thanks so much for your tech. assistant, I
>> really
>> > > appreciate.
>> > > > Pls if I may ask, which operating system
>> platform
>> > > do you run your DNS and Apache on and does this
>> > > qmail+vpopmail+sqwebmail work on windows2000
>> server
>> > > or how do you make it workable without pointing
>> it
>> > > to a linux DNS?
>> > > >
>> > > > Pls I want to know so that I can deploy such
>> > > before I finished the linux configuration on DNS
>> and
>> > > Apache so that I can have something running on
>> my
>> > > network first.
>> > > >
>> > > > thanks
>> > > > - Ajayi
>> > > >
>> > > > Fisayo Adeleke <fisayo at steineng.com> wrote:
>> > > > Then you should go for the
>> > > qmail+vpopmail+sqwebmail option. You can find
>> > > informtion on setting up this 3 packages by
>> visiting
>> > > www.inter7.com. I dont run my DNS on unix so I
>> dont
>> > > have info on that, but i believe you can get
>> info on
>> > > it from http://ws.afnog.org as well as for
>> apache.
>> > > >
>> > > > regards
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > -Fisayo
>> > > >
>> > > > -----Original Message-----
>> > > > From: Paul [mailto:pademmy at yahoo.com]
>> > > > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 9:38 AM
>> > > > To: Fisayo Adeleke
>> > > > Subject: Re: mail server config
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > Hello Fisayo,
>> > > >
>> > > > yes I want to render a public email service
>> that
>> > > people can sign up with anonymously using pop3
>> and
>> > > webmail directly from the website.
>> > > > in this case now, what will you suggestion I
>> use?
>> > > >
>> > > > secondly, can you be of help on setting up my
>> dns
>> > > and apache together?
>> > > >
>> > > > thanks.
>> > > > ajayi.
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
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