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say i want admin@example.com have all the email go to my server, making others that i allow have access to the email server.
How is this possible? Should I do it?
Specs; Mandrake Linux 9.2 (download edition)
Pentium-I 200mhz
128mb SDRAM
30GB Hard Drive
Thanks,
Eugene Dong.
... well, perhaps your Mandrake server has already a pre-installed sendmail ready without you knowing it. Just starting a sendmail is very easy.
However, proper configuration and running an own mail server is NOT easy and requires good knowledge. You have to be sure about how to set up and configure the server that no harm is done to you, your server, your server's network provider, and the internet.
A falsely configured mailserver can not only put your server at risk, but surely will annoy others if your server turns out to be an open relay inviting spammers to upload tons of spam thru your system, which may lead your server as well as your network provider to get blacklisted in antispam-blocklists within hours or even minutes.
Before just starting sendmail, you should be sure what mailserver you would like to have at all. There are several to choose from, each with own strengths and weaknesses: sendmail, exim, postfix, qmail.
There are detailed documents, FAQs and HOWTOs about installation, configuration and operation available for all of them. There are even books available.
For a first reading before making your choice you may look at the reviews and overviews at [homepages.tesco.net...]
or [geocities.com...]
Once you have your mailserver installed and properly configured, don't forget to let the MX record of your domain's DNS entry point to that server.
I am sorry, if this is probably not the easy answer that you expected: don't do it, unless your ISP's mailserver is not sufficient for your needs.
Regards,
R.
