[CoLoCo] Mail Server (shouldn't be this hard)

[David L. Willson]

You really don't need a full mail-server for this.  You just need 'mail' and 'uuencode'
or 'mutt' or whatever.  Check out this really decent article on sending files from the
command-line:

http://www.shelldorado.com/articles/mailattachments.html


On Fri, 9 Nov 2007 08:46:24 -0700, Dave Vanderploeg wrote
> I got new PC and installed Ubuntu Server with LAMP (though I don't really
> need it) and OpenSSH off of the CD. Then I install ubuntu-desktop for the
> GUI. I'm trying to get a simple setup that does the following:
> 
>    1. Hylafax receives faxes (done)
>    2. Faxes are forwarded as a PDF to my email
> 
> The problem is I cant seem to configure a mail server to save my life. I've
> tried Sendmail, exim4 and Postfix. All with no luck. I don't have a static
> IP so what I planned on doing was forwarding messages from the mail agent to
> my hosting company, and having my hosting company forward them to my email
> address. Shouldn't this be super easy to do? I tried following several
> guides but all of them  failed me.  I did notice a lot of notes to debian
> users so I'm considering using a different flavor, maybe OpenSUSE?
> 
> Is there anyone on this list who runs a mail server, what guide or book did
> you use to get it set up?
> 
> Dave.


David L. Willson
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