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

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tronik

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Posted: April 16 2005,15:05

I think something smaller and easier to configure like postfix would actually be better for your situation. although I use Qmail, i use it because i have to manage thousands of email accounts.

Postfix is good for someone who just wants to learn...

Don't run a mailserver from your home. Everything grim said.

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arew264

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Posted: April 16 2005,17:44

Well, I downloaded and unzipped it fine, but when the instructions at the link gice me the three commands, none of them work because the make command isn't there. Also, I recieve the error that mail isn't a valid group when I try to install it. I also downloaded the rpm for fetch mail but I can't figure out what to do with it to get it installed. This is all pretty new to me. Thanks for any help you can provide.

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Posted: April 16 2005,23:19

Haven't tried make in ages, but I believe you need to install at least the gnu-utils and gcc1 packages before you can "make" under DSL. Both are in the repository, under System.
Repository / Apps
May possibly need more than that, I can't remember.

There's also the Alien rpm to deb converter in there, which you need if you want to do anything with rpm's. But I don't know how much joy you'd have, as I've never tried it. Pretty sure you'd also need dsl-dpkg installed to get anywhere with the resulting .deb file.

OT - Grim's back! Long time no see

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arew264

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Posted: April 17 2005,19:19

Well... I, being the genious I am, installed fetchmail and procmail and was about to go for msmtp and imap when I realized that I need SSL for my Gmail account. How would I go about uninstalling and reinstalling those programs after I get SSL installed?

arew264

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Posted: April 18 2005,03:00

It turns out that, while I still need to reinstall fetchmail and procmail with ssl support, I also can't get ssl to work with msmtp, as you can see here. Thanks in advance for your help, I'm actually finding playing with this quite fun. I can see why Linux is better dan Windows now.

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