[sf-lug] Newbie asking a dumb question...
vpolitewebsiteguy at yahoo.com
Sat Mar 25 10:20:20 PST 2006
What distro would you recommend? About how long would
you estimate this would take? Mind if I keep asking
--- Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com> wrote:
> Quoting vincent polite
> (vpolitewebsiteguy at yahoo.com):
> > How difficult would it be, for me, to set up a
> linux mailserver, for
> > about 25 accounts, probably less.
> Depends on the Linux distribution.
> Basically, all general Linux distributions provide
> the software for
> that -- an SMTP server (that role being called "MTA"
> = mail transfer
> agent) and an IMAP or POP3 server (that role being
> called "MDA" = mail
> delivery agent). Some give you a generic
> configuration for those, and
> leave you to customise it yourself. Some, instead,
> ask you a series of
> questions and based on your answers write the
> configuration files for
> that software, on your behalf.
> Easiest way to find out is to try.
> > It might also be used to unite, dare I say,
> Windows machines.
> If you mean "be a file/print server for Windows
> machines", same answer.
> The package that does that is called Samba.
> > Host a website?
> Same answer. The usual software is the Apache HTTP
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