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Linux Mail Server Configuration

Email is an important part of any Web site you create. In a home environment, a free web based email service may be sufficient, but if you are running a business, then a dedicated mail server will probably be required.
This chapter will show you how to use sendmail to create a mail server that will relay your mail to a remote user's mailbox or incoming mail to a local mail box. You'll also learn how to retrieve and send mail via your mail server using a with mail client such as Outlook Express or Evolution.
Configuring Sendmail
One of the tasks in setting up DNS for your domain (my-site.com) is to use the MX record in the configuration zone file to state the hostname of the server that will handle the mail for the domain. The most popular Unix mail transport agent is sendmail, but others, such as postfix and qmail, are also gaining popularity with Linux. The steps used to convert a Linux box into a sendmail mail server will be explained here.
How Sendmail Works
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