Hi all
How To Configure Mail Transfer Agent.
Is there a book or explain for it .
Thanks
The better question is - what do you want to accomplish with it?
By default, Postfix enables sending mail from your system.
what do you want to accomplish with it?
mail server by Postfix
linuxformat schrieb:
> How To Configure Mail Transfer Agent.
>
> Is there a book or explain for it .
Yes.
Depending on (a) which MTA you want to configure, (b) what you
want to configure it for and (c) your experience level there’s
a whole lot of books, manpages, websites etc. to explain
whatever you might need explained.
HTH
T.
Ok mr. Tilman Schmidt
I have a server and i run some services, such as dhcp , squid,dns,nfs,smb,ldap server and client.
And my network not big only 20 pc .
Now I need to work for local email .
I mean, inside the network only.
Thank you for your interest
You might take a look at postfix in combination with dovecot. That should cover your needs.
Take a look at
Debian GNU/Linux etch Mailserver Howto - postfix, policyd-weight, dovecot imapd/pop3d
That should help getting things started.
It also works with openSuSE 
Ok mr.bartlm
I will read the commentary and I do it.
Thank you for your interest
Regards
linuxformat schrieb:
> I have a server and i run some services, such as dhcp ,
> squid,dns,nfs,smb,ldap server and client.
>
> And my network not big only 20 pc .
>
> Now I need to work for local email .
>
> I mean, inside the network only.
Assuming that your server is running some recent openSUSE release
(since you posted to an openSUSE support group) and that you don’t
have any preference with regard to the MTA you are going to use
(since you didn’t mention one when I asked) I suggest you stay with
Postfix, the default MTA chosen by openSUSE. Personally I cannot help
you much with that since my own experience is mainly with Sendmail,
but it does come with a considerable amount of documentation in
/usr/share/doc/packages/postfix. (Start reading by pointing your
browser to file:///usr/share/doc/packages/postfix/html/index.html)
There is also an O’Reilly book on Postfix which might be worth a look.
If your users will be reading their mail from Windows PCs you’ll also
want a mail store accessible via IMAP and/or POP3, and perhaps also a
HTTP (webmail) interface. Personally I like Cyrus IMAPD for the former
and Squirrelmail for the latter, but I hear that Dovecot as an IMAP
server and Horde as a web interface work rather well, too.
HTH
Tilman
Postfix is highly recommended.
I had no prior experience with installing MTA’s and it was quite easy to set up, along with Cyrus for the pop mail.
Stay away from sendmail, configuring it is not straightforward and not easy. (to put it blund, the config file is INSANE)
That being said, it should also be pointed out that Sendmail IS great performing software. It’s just not easy and user-friendly.
lennartz schrieb:
> Postfix is highly recommended.
> I had no prior experience with installing MTA’s and it was quite easy
> to set up, along with Cyrus for the pop mail.
>
> Stay away from sendmail, configuring it is not straightforward and not
> easy. (to put it blund, the config file is INSANE)
You are right if you are talking about the raw sendmail.cf file.
But nobody in their right minds would edit that directly.
It’s meant to be generated, and the input file for the generator
(which is the one you should edit) actually isn’t that much more
difficult to comprehend than a Postfix configuration fileset.
That said, Postfix is certainly a good choice for those cases which
don’t need the full power of a Sendmail installation - which is the
majority of cases.
–
Tilman Schmidt
Phoenix Software GmbH
Bonn, Germany
Sorry to drag this up again but as the original poster said
[quote]
Hi all
How To Configure Mail Transfer Agent.
Is there a book or explain for it .
Thanks
[unquote]
I am trying to set an email server up using opensuse 11, but I am having problems using the YaST Mail transfer Agent and just wondered is there a users manual for it, because if there is I cannot find it:confused: If I knew just what to enter where and more importantly why, I might just be able to get it to work.
hortimech schrieb:
> Sorry to drag this up again but as the original poster said
>
>>
>> Hi all
>>
>> How To Configure Mail Transfer Agent.
>>
>> Is there a book or explain for it .
Hmm. I thought I had answered in sufficient detail.
>>
>> Thanks
>> [unquote]
>>
>> I am trying to set an email server up using opensuse 11, but I am
>> having problems using the YaST Mail transfer Agent and just wondered is
>> there a users manual for it, because if there is I cannot find
>> it:confused: If I knew just what to enter where and more importantly
>> why, I might just be able to get it to work.
As I already wrote three weeks ago:
> Postfix, the default MTA chosen by openSUSE …]
> but it does come with a considerable amount of documentation in
> /usr/share/doc/packages/postfix. (Start reading by pointing your
> browser to file:///usr/share/doc/packages/postfix/html/index.html)
> There is also an O’Reilly book on Postfix which might be worth a look.
Another possibility would be to just ask specific questions here,
preferably under a more specific topic, and mentioning a few
details about what you are trying to do or which field of the
YaST form you have trouble understanding.
HTH
T.
–
Tilman Schmidt
Phoenix Software GmbH
Bonn, Germany
The original poster was looking for documentation for using the YaST2 Mail Transfer Agent module.
I find myself looking for the same. Sadly it doesn’t seem to exist. :’(
Experience suggests you not try to use the Yast MTA configurator at all unless you want to use LDAP to authenticate your users, in which case it might be ideal.
Yup, using LDAP. I’ve got it figured out at this point. I used the YaST module to get things rolling, then had to use the master.cf and main.cf files it created as a basis for further modification.
It is a shame the tool doesn’t have some sort of documentation though. I’m not new to this stuff, but since I only reconfigure 2 servers every few years, I forget all the parameters and have to relean things. 
Add me to the list of numpties confused by the YAST Mail Transfer Agent configuration tool!
Taking Tilman’s suggestion, may I start picking off my difficulties one-by-one?
After entering the YAST MTA tool and selecting “Advanced” and “Next”. I am presented with this message:
http://www.mpr75.talktalk.net/yastMTAwarn.png
I guess that this is just a typo and should be TLS (Transport Layer Security)? Can somebody confirm, and then I’ll stop worrying.
Don’t be put off by the trivial questions . . . I am just am just warming-up to this subject!
Regards,
Martin
martinprowe wrote:
> Tilman Schmidt;1871959 Wrote:
>>
>> Another possibility would be to just ask specific questions here,
>>
>
> Add me to the list of numpties confused by the YAST Mail Transfer Agent
> configuration tool!
> Taking Tilman’s suggestion, may I start picking off my difficulties
> one-by-one?
You mean postfix is difficult to setup using yast module? Wow… it’s pretty
straightforward unless you need some special setup
> After entering the YAST MTA tool and selecting “Advanced” and “Next”. I
> am presented with this message:
>
> [image: http://www.mpr75.talktalk.net/yastMTAwarn.png]
>
> I guess that this is just a typo and should be TLS (Transport Layer
> Security)? Can somebody confirm, and then I’ll stop worrying.
> Don’t be put off by the trivial questions . . . I am just am just
> warming-up to this subject!
Yes, that is a typo (it must read “TLS”) and should be reported so it gets
corrected, if still there.
Greetings,
–
Camaleón
Thank you Camaleón for getting the ball rolling.
Now I’m very new to this OpenSource/SUSE world. How/who should report this typo?
Next Question.
When I get to the first yast MTA setup screen, I see this:
http://www.mpr75.talktalk.net/yastServIdent.png
However, when I test, I see this:
http://www.mpr75.talktalk.net/telnet25.png
Which is not my domain name? Reading /etc/postfix/main.cf (line 66-69), I note that this value is retrieved using gethostname().
I am not competent enough to verify this process. However, the yast Network Setting tool says this:
http://www.mpr75.talktalk.net/domainName.png
Which is also confirmed in /etc/hosts?
Secondly, if select a “Standard” setup (Sendmail?) in the yast MTA tool, the telnet test produces the correct output:
http://www.mpr75.talktalk.net/sendMailDomainName.png
Any thoughts, anyone . . . ?
Best regards,
Martin
martinprowe wrote:
> Thank you Camaleón for getting the ball rolling.
>
> Now I’m very new to this OpenSource/SUSE world. How/who should report
> this typo?
It should be done in Novell’s Bugzilla, against the openSUSE version youb
are seeing the typo and using component “Translation”.
> Next Question.
> When I get to the first yast MTA setup screen, I see this:
>
> [image: http://www.mpr75.talktalk.net/yastServIdent.png]
>
> However, when I test, I see this:
>
> [image: http://www.mpr75.talktalk.net/telnet25.png]
>
> Which is not my domain name? Reading /etc/postfix/main.cf (line 66-69),
> I note that this value is retrieved using gethostname().
> I am not competent enough to verify this process. However, the yast
> Network Setting tool says this:
>
> [image: http://www.mpr75.talktalk.net/domainName.png]
>
> Which is also confirmed in /etc/hosts?
Well, if you want to setup a Postfix/Sendmail server and you are wondering
the reason of such things (“why is this value appearing in that way?” and
so on), you better read the Postfix/Sendmail manual to get your responses.
YaST MTA modules is just an GUI interface to manage some basic aspects of
the mail server. No more, no less.
So you should first check the value of that variables located in your
sendmail setup folder (I use postfix, know nothing about sendmail) and see
what is configured.
One relevant aspect of using YaST module to configure MTA is that you will
face some problems if editing files manually, after using YaST. So carefull
with this, choose one method or another to handle the mail server but
better do not use both to avoid any mess in the configuration files.
> Secondly, if select a “Standard” setup (Sendmail?) in the yast MTA
> tool, the telnet test produces the correct output:
>
> [image: http://www.mpr75.talktalk.net/sendMailDomainName.png]
>
> Any thoughts, anyone . . . ?
Yes. Read the Sendmail docs, they are plenty of usefull and well-documented
info
Greetings,
–
Camaleón
Thank you Camaleón,
It seems that I have not expressed my problem sufficiently clearly?
I was only using Sendmail as an example to prove that the local domain name is correctly setup. I don’t want to use Sendmail.
To be more accurate, I don’t care what program(s) I use!! All I want to do is achieve the same functionality that I have with the Windows OpenSource program hMail.
Any leads/clues/documentation will be VERY welcome.
Regards,
Martin