[CoLoCo] Mail Server (shouldn't be this hard)

[Michael "TheZorch" Haney]

I haven't figured out how to do this yet either.  A friend of mine used 
to work maintaining a Red Hat system for a company on a hosted server.  
He used Qmail on that server.  Its a secure email server which requires 
your client to use SSL security.  If Qmail is still around and in a 
package compatible with Ubuntu I'd recommend using that.

Dave Vanderploeg wrote:
> I got new PC and installed Ubuntu Server with LAMP (though I don't 
> really need it) and OpenSSH off of the CD. Then I install 
> ubuntu-desktop for the GUI. I'm trying to get a simple setup that does 
> the following:
>
>    1. Hylafax receives faxes (done)
>    2. Faxes are forwarded as a PDF to my email
>
> The problem is I cant seem to configure a mail server to save my life. 
> I've tried Sendmail, exim4 and Postfix. All with no luck. I don't have 
> a static IP so what I planned on doing was forwarding messages from 
> the mail agent to my hosting company, and having my hosting company 
> forward them to my email address. Shouldn't this be super easy to do? 
> I tried following several guides but all of them  failed me.  I did 
> notice a lot of notes to debian users so I'm considering using a 
> different flavor, maybe OpenSUSE?
>
> Is there anyone on this list who runs a mail server, what guide or 
> book did you use to get it set up?
>
> Dave.


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