FC2 and sendmail?

[carlwill]

I am getting rid of the Windows 2000 Exchange server I have in my bedroom closet and want to go about looking into installing Sendmail server for imap email from my registered domain.

Is FC2 good for sendmail stability wise? I was told that sendmail has a very steep learning curve...is that true?

rpm -q sendmail - does not show that I have sendmail installed - is there an RPM that I can download or you pro's recommend I do 1st?

I have never done anything like this before in Linux :confused:

[superbnerd]

you can easily install most packages using yum yum install <package>. always check yum before hunting for rpms. make sure your yum.conf is set up properly first. here is a sample yum.conf (http://www.fedorafaq.org/#installsoftware)

[Rolled_Gold]

Another concept to understand is that unix divides the mail process up into two different responsibilities. Sendmail is the MTA (Mail Transfer Authority) and only half the equation. You will also need to setup an MDA (Mail Delivery Agent/Authority). This adds to the complexity, however complexity is a good thing if you wish to tailor your setup.

Sendmail / Cyrus Imap is a good combo and is what FC2 comes with. Cyrus gives you a lot of the functionality of exchange minus the shared calendering (shared folders and such). FC2 also comes with dovecot imap if you want a simpler MDA.

You also have the choice of using Postfix(MTA) on FC2 and it dose have a more human readable configuration file. FC1 comes with postfix and sendmail but instead Cyrus imap it comes with UW imap.

[carlwill]

so lets say I want to use postfix (MTA) and Cyrus IMAP for email on FC2. What would be my 1st step :confused:

I can't find anything on Fedora FAQ's for email mail server. ;)

[Rolled_Gold]

First step is to make sure you have installed what you need.

rpm -qva | grep package name

Once you have everything installed (yum install pkgname) then change over your MTA from sendmail to postfix. Easiest way to do that is with system-switch-mail.

Then all you have to do is configure these two services (postfix and cyrus imap). Get really comfortable with www.google.com/linux for tips on how to configure your box. The projects websites are also usefull

Cyrus
http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/

Postfix
http://www.postfix.org/

This forum is usually pretty helpful too.

[carlwill]

Easiest way to do that is with system-switch-mail.



what or how do I get to system-switch-mail?

[Rolled_Gold]

It's a command.

Open up a terminal and run it. If you don't have it installed use Yum to install it.

[jimmythetulip]

you might check out www.qmailrocks.org qmail is another MTA that is widlly used. And that site has step by step instructions for qmail / currior-imap / spamassisan / vpopmail / clamav / ect.

its nice and gui based or someone just starting with linux email server.

[Blisk]

you might check out www.qmailrocks.org qmail is another MTA that is widlly used. And that site has step by step instructions for qmail / currior-imap / spamassisan / vpopmail / clamav / ect.

its nice and gui based or someone just starting with linux email server.
Doesn't work, just tried!
I use fedora core 2, and really have a big problems with setting mail server with pop3.
Almost 1 week since trying sendmail, qmail, etc, but nothing works.
I tryed some of step by step for newbies but nothing works.
I will give up on linux :(

[Zotter]

In FC2

IMAP and POP3 services are provided by dovecot. If you want POP3 first you have to edit /etc/dovecot.conf - add POP3 to the 'protocols= ' line. Then run 'service dovecot start'.


Some setup help for seting up SMTP so other systems can use it:

Check this page for a "down 'n dirty" if you want to use TLS for SMTP (highly advised) - this page deals with FC1, but same concepts apply to FC2
http://www.joreybump.com/code/howto/smtpauth.html

This page goes into quite a bit more detail
http://www.simpaticus.com/linux/howto/html-single/Sendmail-SMTP-AUTH-HOWTO.html

good luck

[john3883]

I use Devcot for pop3 and it seems to work fine but hard to tell since I cant figure out how to get sendmail to work with it.