How to SMTP (Email) Server Fedora 6?

[Les Mikesell]

Tim wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-02-17 at 11:41 -0600, Les Mikesell wrote:
>> I suppose I can't speak for everyone, but in this century if my
>> computer couldn't complete a mail delivery within the several-day
>> default sendmail timeout, I probably wouldn't choose it to run as an
>> internet mail server.
> 
> I set one up precisely for that reason.  It was a mostly off-line
> system.  Running a central server meant that when it was on-line it'd
> get everyone's mail, and send what was possible.  When it was off-line
> users could read whatever mail was waiting for them, and send off a
> reply, and it'd be sent at the first time possible.  On the other hand,
> if we didn't have a SMTP server, they wouldn't be able to send anything,
> at all, while the network was off-line.
> 
> It did the job rather well, but sendmail needed tweaking for the timeout
> periods.

Most ISPs offer email service along with the connection package.  Even 
if you run your own server, using the ISP as an outbound relay should 
make sure that deliveries always succeed quickly.

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   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell at gmail.com