[Gllug] MTA

[Bruce Richardson]

On 2/1/02, 12:22:57 PM, "Jackson, Harry" <HJackson at colt-telecom.com> wrote 
regarding [Gllug] MTA:


> Hi all


> I have now got squid and samba running and for me that is no mean feat. 
So
> my next logical operation is a mail server (should be more on iptables 
but I
> need mail.). I have heard bits about exim and was wondering what peoples
> thoughts where for the following setup.


> Debian box facing internet.

> Redhat/NT box behind Debian

> Mail must be stored on the Detain box as I want to be able to view it 
from
> any of the three machines. My mail account is held on yahoo and 
everything
> comes down using pop and goes out via yahoo's smtp server.

Well Exim is only an mta, not a mail-store, so you need a pop or imap 
server. For your simple set-up UW-imap would be plenty.  In fact it would 
simplify things as you can run UW-imap out of xinetd and that lets you 
use xinetd's security rules to ensure that the service is not visible on 
your ppp connection, an extra layer of security behind your firewall and 
one you will need since you are going to run all these services on an 
internet-facing box.

Exim is a good mta.  I'm coming to prefer it over Postfix, being closer 
to the metal and more configurable though it lacks Postfix's nice 
queueing algorithm.  You should be able to configure it for home use with 
minimal effort.

-- 

Bruce

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