[Eug-lug] receiving email on Debian

[Allen Brown]

exim4 + postfix?  Or just one of them?
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Allen Brown
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John Sechrest wrote:
> 
> You have to configure exim4 to be a recieving internet host.
> You do this with
> 
>    dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config
> 
> Allen Brown <allen_brown at agilent.com> writes:
> 
>  % I was using "mail".  Once I see the mail is arriving I will
>  % change over to mozilla.  That isn't the problem.  The mail
>  % doesn't arrive onto the computer.
>  % --
>  % Allen Brown
>  %   work: Agilent Technologies      non-work: http://www.peak.org/~abrown/
>  %         allen_brown at agilent.com                  abrown at peak.org
>  %   Time flys like an arrow.  Fruit flys like a banana.
>  %   Shoe flys don't bother me.
>  %
>  % Max Lemieux wrote:
>  % >
>  % > Allen,
>  % > What is your email client? Packages like mutt are common in Debian.
>  % >
>  % > You shouldn't need anything very special, AFAIK... Is your
>  % > firewall/iptables configured to let mail through?
>  % >
>  % > -Max
>  % >
>  % > Allen Brown wrote:
>  % >
>  % > >What packages/daemons to I need to receive email over the LAN?
>  % > >
>  % > >I have a RedHat7.2 system that I am trying to reboot as
>  % > >Debian Sarge 3.1.  A lot works.  Mail forwarded from
>  % > >the HPUX system makes it to the system when it is booted
>  % > >as RedHat7.2 but not when it is Debian.
>  % > >
>  % > >  cvuxec <------> cvlx21
>  % > >  HPUX            either RedHat or Debian
>  % > >
>  % > >Note that I can ssh from cvuxec to cvlx21 in either OS.
>  % > >I just can't get email in.
>  % > >
>  % > >
>  % >
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