[Eug-lug] receiving email on Debian

[John Sechrest]

Just one of them.

     Pick  one of:
	   qmail
	   postfix
	   sendmail
	   exim4

  Exim4 is the default on debian and is a drop in replacement
  for sendmail.

  
     
     
     
Allen Brown <allen_brown at agilent.com> writes:

 % exim4 + postfix?  Or just one of them?
 % -- 
 % Allen Brown
 %   work: Agilent Technologies      non-work: http://www.peak.org/~abrown/
 %         allen_brown at agilent.com	            abrown at peak.org
 %   The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn't have a space program.
 %     --- Larry Niven
 % 
 % 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.
 % >  % > >
 % >  % > >
 % >  % >
 % >  % > _______________________________________________
 % >  % > EUGLUG mailing list
 % >  % > euglug at euglug.org
 % >  % > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
 % >  % _______________________________________________
 % >  % EUGLUG mailing list
 % >  % euglug at euglug.org
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 % > 
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 % >                         .           computers and the Internet
 % >                           .            more effectively
 % >                              .
 % >                                  .       Internet: sechrest at peak.org
 % >                                       .
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John Sechrest          .         Helping people use
                        .           computers and the Internet
                          .            more effectively
                             .                      
                                 .       Internet: sechrest at peak.org
                                      .   
                                              . http://www.peak.org/~sechrest