[Gloucs] Setting up a Linux Mail Server and Mailman

Andrew M.A. Cater amacater at galactic.demon.co.uk
Fri Mar 19 19:24:48 UTC 2010


On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 02:23:30PM +0000, Simon Cozens wrote:
> On 18/03/2010 20:04, Ash Amesbury wrote:
> > I am looking to set up a mail server to run several email accounts, plus 
> > Mailman to run a mailing list.  I have so far been unable to get 
> > everything to run, despite looking at several guides online.
> 
> I recommend Debian for servers and Ubuntu for desktops; here's how I'd
> do it with a Debian server:
> 	1) Get your mail server running by following
> http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/140
> 	2) apt-get install mailman
> 	3) Follow the instructions in
> /usr/share/doc/mailman/README.Exim4.Debian.gz
> 

Or possibly use postfix

Install Debian.

aptitude remove exim4 && aptitude install postfix

aptitude install mailman


I do, however, second the recommendation for 
www.debian-administration.org or HOWTOForge when stuff gets hard to 
follow :)

AndyC
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