On 1 Aug 2001 21:31:10 +0200, MaD MaN <joelfptd.net> wrote:

> I am running 2 domains www.linuxspot.org and www.mp3ftpme.com. I have
> these 2 domains on an internal web server. I also run a workstation and
> a gateway machine and 1 winblows machine. I have registered these
> domains with a service that gives me free DNS service. They also
> provide me with e-mail forwarding OR I can specify an ip address of the
> machine that my mail server resides on. I am on a cable modem with only
> 1 ip so I entered that as the MX record. Is the appropriate?? I have

Normally, an MX record should be a name not an IP.

> also read through the main.cf file and I am not sure what to enter as
> far as mydomain or myhostname. The machine that I have the mail server
> on is not a FQDN since the name of it is just srv1. The only hostname
> that I have for the entire network here is Vst.msns.leh.ptd.net and that
> is of the gateway machine. Can anyone give a little starter in my quest
> to config a mail server.

http://www.postfix.org/basic.html
http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/September/Features274.html

> Also here is a general question about the daemon itself. What I want to
> accomplish is have people send me mail at melinuxspot.org and me
> mp3ftpme.com to my internal server. I also want to be able to send out
> with the server. I would also like for others to be able to use the
> server as there mail source for pop accounts if all of this possible??

You need to install a POP3 daemon for that.

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