for now, all I want to be able to do is be able to have a mail server (either one I make myself, or one I purchase). I want to be able to create an unlimited amount of email-accounts with a set domain (lets say USERNAME@MyMailServer.com). Does anyone know of how possible this is?
Yep and you can use a linux box if know what you are doing, but if your not comfortable with linux then try either mail enable or Argosofts mail server. I have used the ArGoSofts mail server the free version is fairly basic but works well, if need more features then you can buy better versions fairly cheaply. I even used it on a dynamic ip with my connection I joined no-ip.com and get it to re-direct the mail to me. Also there is mercury mail which has more features and is made by the ppl of pegasus mail and that is also free. I was going to make a how to on the mail server butmy hard drive failed
ok, but is it possible to be able to create (and use) something like this: USER@Domain.com I want to be able to create an unlimited amount of those, but amnt sure exactly how setting up email address' work.
Yes if you have that domain for example if my domain is herbsemail.no-ip.com so to send me a mail it would be herbs@herbsemail.no-ip.com.
In a word SENDMAIL, the most powerful, most configurable, most widely used SMTP server known to both man and binary data streams.
This is good info. Along with this information, is a 500 mhz processor enough to run a web server/email server? Just for a small site, low traffic?
I wouldnt see why not. you can run chat/web servers off that. I just sent myself an email a second a go (using my Ip address as the domain) and it worked like a charm
me? I'm programming my own... I did my home work on the IMAP, POP, SMTP etc. protocols and thought to myself, "thats not too hard". But to send the email, I used a freebie I found on Tucows.com. Heres a link to their email servers section. Though I would prefer to make my own not all have the time, resources or skills, if this is the case Tucows will work a treat.
Hell yes. I have a single Linux box at home with 3 NICs: internal, external and a DMZ. It's running the firewall software, Apache for the webserver, Exim as a mailserver and SSH to allow me to connect from anywhere. Internally, it's also running DNS, DHCP and Samba. It's a Pentium 166. The processor load currently is: 1.3% user 1.6% system, 0.0% nice, 97.1% idle. Not even breaking a sweat. Kata
Yeah, but sendmail is a ********* to configure. I mean, it's very powerful and very flexible, but the level of understanding and detail you have to have in order to get it running and secure is incredible. Compare to something like Exim, which just asks you about 6 questions when you install it, and bang! it's up and going. Sendmail is for sadists Kata