Mail Server Help

[Uno Engborg]

Ahmed Abdel-Aliem wrote:

>Hi, I am new to linux, tried some distributions but i liked FC very
>much and especially after the release of FC4 which is really amazing,
>i decided to leave windows forever, but there is some programs that i
>didn't find alternatives for it in linux.
>i like to be able to send emails from my computer directly, i used to
>do this in windows using "free smtp" program, but i don't know how to
>do it in linux, do i have to configure a mail server, and if i have
>to, what do i need to do that ??
>can anyone help me with that plz ?
>any help will be appreciated
>thanks.
>  
>
In fedora you can chose from two different smtp servers, sendmail and 
postfix.
you can switch between them by using system-switch-mail.  Switch mail 
doesn't
do anything with the settings for each server, so you have to create 
settings files
for whatever server you chose.

In my experience postfix is the one that is easiest to configure. Some 
people also
consider it the more secure of the two. There are lot of HOWTOs on the 
net on how to configure it.  The default settings files is also quite 
helpful.

Read the documentation thorougly it is not a good idea to accidentally 
end up
as a gatway open for spammers.

/uno