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

[Dave Price]

With regards to exim(4) ... I have been cheating a bit here.

It IS possible to use a the much simpler exim3 single configuration
file with exim4 until you can get your head around the new, more
powerful mutifile (and directory) configuration syntax.

Just take a working exim 3 /etc/exim/exim.conf

and copy it to

/etc/exim4/exim4.conf

kick exim4  (sudo /etc/init.d/exim4 restart)

and test away...  my old exim3 files generraly have worked with no changes.

aloha,
dave


On 11/9/07, Dave Vanderploeg <dave.vanderploeg at gmail.com> 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:
>
> Hylafax receives faxes (done)
> Faxes are forwarded as a PDF to my emailThe 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.