LINUX NETWORKING

[StarTAC]

if there's anyone out there who can help me.. please message me soon as you can.. thanx in advance<br><br><br><br>i am quite good at networking in a windows environment, and i have successfully, on many occassions, setup windows networks with the internet and windows based proxy-server software, such as aVirt... however, i have a friend who has just had her domain registered and would like to host it at her place... i have heard alot about how linux, esp. redhat, is quite good for a DNS and mail [POP3, SMTP, IMAP4.0] server, and this is what i would like to setup for my friend... but the thing is that i don't have a lot of skill in constructing a linux server... the best i can do with linux is modify a couple of IP settings and that's it!!! am not even sure if i know how to copy or save a file... problem is that i haven't had any formal training on it, and yet i know that if i knew those commands, i'd have no problem, since i am very good at DOS from the day i was trained to use it a couple of years back.... windows is no problem either.... but i need to learn how to work linux as a serious server....<br><br>this is what my friend wants her server to do:<br><br>1. host her domain name.<br>2. create local mail boxes for her clientel at her domain name.<br>3. configure the server to work with POP3, SMTP and IMAP4.0<br>4. in case of power outtage, route all mail that bounces to her ISP to <br>   be retrieved when her server is back up<br>5. have her clients get their mail from anywhere using IMAP 4.0 protocol<br><br>please let me know if there are any other services you think her server should run....<br><br>i had thought of having the linux server work as a proxy/internet server as well, since she will have more than one computer needing access to the internet.. do u think i should setup a different computer to handle the internet traffic and leave the linux to handle mail and DNS only..?<br><br>if it's okay with you, could you tell me how i can setup her linux server for all this... i have heard of "sendmail.cf" and things of the sort, i would really appreciate it if u gave me some help on this or may be direct me to a site that would help me build a mail and DNS server from scratch, with all the commands necessary, and if a graphic user interface can also be used... i have heard of X Windows and "linuxconf"... as u can see, am very green abt the in-depth capabilities of linux.. i badly need yo help....  <br><br>i will be looking forward to hearing from you as soon as possible... <br><br>thanx in advance...<br><br>MARK

 

[ati]

Mark,<br><br>you trying to set up a machine, which actualy needs a Unix Admin to configure. The only tip I can give you is go and buy a SuSE6.4 and most of the packages will work from scratch when you install them. The rest is learing by doing. Good luck.<br><br>Andreas

 

[mregan]

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They have a VERY nice program that will do much of what you want. It installs automatically and is administered from your web browser.<br><br>However, I agree with the previous post. You are really going to need a crash course in network admin to get the system running. I also like the SuSE 6.4 release. It has everything you need for all the services you mentioned.<br><br>You may want to consider qmail instead of sendmail for your POP3. sendmail is a Mail Transport Agent and would still require a POP3 server, qmail will do both functions. <p>Michael Regan<br><a href=mailto:mregan@bccs-ca.com>mregan@bccs-ca.com</a><br><a href=

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