POP & SMTP Server Question

[Lonnie Cumberland]

Thanks All,

I am now reading over the sendmail docs along with using the dovecot 
imap daemon. Probably will not do POP3 and just IMAP.

Thanks again,
Lonnie

Martin Alderson wrote:

>On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 15:46:51 -0500, Lonnie Cumberland <lonnie at neenet.com> wrote:
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>>Hello All,
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>>Well I have been able to get my Fedora C2 and SquirrelMail up and
>>running like a champ, so far, and I really appreciate all of the help
>>that the list members have given me.
>>
>>Now I want to allow POP & SMTP connections to my system from users like
>>Outlook and Eudora.
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>>Can someone please give me sone advise or possibly point me to a good
>>HOWTO on the subject?
>>
>>Thanks again,
>>Lonnie
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>Lonnie:
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>I suggest that you do not enable SMTP connections. Every ISP should
>provide an SMTP relay that people can use. Enabling SMTP connections
>can sadly mean your server will get pounded with spammers, and there
>is nothing much you can do about it.
>
>Keep in mind that IMAP is a far superior protocol to POP3 - most
>servers should be able to do both with no hassles.
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