Home POP3 server connect to ISP POP3 server

Home POP3 server connect to ISP POP3 server

Post by Kelvin Leun » Thu, 20 Aug 1998 04:00:00



Hello,

I'm a newbie for Linux. I already have a masq network at home serving
internet masq and file sharing. I wanna to setup a home POP3/SMTP server
for our family members and I only got a dial-up connection to the ISP
with one single email address. Is it possible to setup several "home"
email addresses within my private network but still be able to send out
to the world through my single account in the ISP?





I have tried to look at some HOW-To and books but nothing mentions on
this directly...

Thanks in advance

Kelvin

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Home POP3 server connect to ISP POP3 server

Post by Thomas Bendle » Fri, 21 Aug 1998 04:00:00


i think i read something like this in the offline howto ... but i'm not
sure, try it out.

regards thomas


>Hello,

>I'm a newbie for Linux. I already have a masq network at home serving
>internet masq and file sharing. I wanna to setup a home POP3/SMTP server
>for our family members and I only got a dial-up connection to the ISP
>with one single email address. Is it possible to setup several "home"
>email addresses within my private network but still be able to send out
>to the world through my single account in the ISP?





>I have tried to look at some HOW-To and books but nothing mentions on
>this directly...

>Thanks in advance

>Kelvin


 
 
 

Home POP3 server connect to ISP POP3 server

Post by Carles Arjon » Fri, 28 Aug 1998 04:00:00



> I wanna to setup a home POP3/SMTP server
> for our family members and I only got a dial-up connection to the ISP
> with one single email address.
<snip>





1- Add to your Linux box the husband, wife, son & daughter users by
means of adduser.

2- You might get your free e-mail domain at http://www.ddns.org (E-mail
forwardig service) which points to an e-mail account at your ISP. For
instance:

3- Then you should execute fetchmail in multi-drop mode by means of this
/root/.fetchmailrc file:
  defaults
        proto pop3
        fetchall
        pass your_ISP_password
   poll your_isp_pop3_server with envelope X-Envelope-To:
        localdomains yourdomain.ddns.org
        user your_ISP_username to * here

4- Add to your /etc/ppp/ip-up (/etc/ppp/ip-up.local on RedHat) file:
  /usr/bin/fetchmail &
  /usr/sbin/sendmail -q &

5- Add to your /etc/sendmail.cw file these lines:
  homenetwork
  yourdomain.ddns.org

6- Add to your .mc file of sendmail:
  MASQUERADE_AS(yourdomain.ddns.org)

I suggest reading the web page:
 http://personales.mundivia.es/luca/diald-win-e.html#sendmail

Pay attention that .mc files are usualy in the /usr/src/sendmail/cf/cf/
directory, instead of RedHat's /usr/lib/sendmail-cf/cf/

7- Install a POP3 server. Its package name depends on the distribution
you are using.

Hope this helps.
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