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Topic: Email server for DSL?, I'd really like to se one

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pr0f3550r

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Posted: Feb. 18 2006,16:22

Grim, to cut it short I could say that I respect your opinion but I don't agree with it.
For the AOL thing, I could tell you 1001 funny and/or shocking hidden gems.
In my case I just want to use a local mail server to send my email and that would be in 5 minutes a day.
An experienced spammer can abuse any legittimate smtp server, the hole is in the smtp protocol, not in sendmail.
In a webcafe I could load Knoppix from CD on qemu and use a local mail server.
There are other similar minimal livecds with a mail server installed, I don't think that's what a spammer needs.

But I understand your point, I'll experiment on my own and I'll let you know.

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Posted: Mar. 09 2006,21:28

OK, so knowing about the dangers/problems of running an outbound SMTP server on a home network, is it possible to run DSL as a centralized post office for my home LAN and domain? (Inbound only, still using the ISPs SMTP server for outbound traffic)

Let's say, I own a domain, and subscribe to a service like no-ip or dyndns. I can set up a webserver on DSL using monkey and using a home firewall/router that plays nice with dyndns, host www.mydomain.org through my home network. (Burning a custom image to a CD with the pages I want to serve would make for a pretty bulletproof setup)

I'd like to do the same for inbound e-mail. For example, mail sent to user@mydomain.org would be redirected by no-ip or dyndns to an e-mail server running DSL on my home network. Other machines on the network could then POP mail off of the DSL machine. Is this possible for any OS (i.e. does any dynamic IP service support it)?

I'd like to do it this way b/c POP is pretty insecure (I have an Audrey on my home network that doesn't support any other mail protocols) and would like to keep all of the POPing local; and most webmail services only allow forwarding, not POP off of their servers (or charge for it).

I suppose qmail and procmail would be good candidates for filtering the mail into boxes, but if anyone has had success with other apps, I'd love to know.

NewDude

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Posted: April 11 2006,15:41

pr0f3550r,

I agree whole heart with you. There is nothing wrong with setting up your own email server and being incharge of your own email server. I have been running my own email server on WIN2K for almost a year now. At first however, I had problems with learning to turn off OpenRelay, but once I turned it off, that still didn't solve my problems completely. Most of the big IPS won't take mail directly from a dynamic ip address for fear of it beings a spammer. My solution around this was to use SBC (My IPS) smtp servers for outgoing, and I would handle all the incoming. You are still in charge of your own email server though. It works wonderful.
smtp servers from SBC would work as relays for their customers.

There is a good feeling of freedom and independancy when you are in charge of your own email and web server. Because you are in control and don't have to rely on anyone.

I am currently configuring DSL 2.2B on my old pentuim machine to be my web and email server. So far I got APACHE, PHP, MySQL running great on it. It is working as a full web server now. My next phase it to get the email part working, but still not sure what to try and what is easiest to setup. I have view POSTFIX, but I would rather not compile, I want a complete package that I can get going and use web mail also with it.

It is hard to remain free in an unfree world, but I will take freedom when I can get it - Every should be in charge of their own email and web server.

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