Setting up a mail server on a Mac

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Many questions -

Can I run this on a laptop? One that isn't necessarily online all the time? What programs do I need, and what exactly should I know going into this?

Basically, my situation is that I have an extra webdomain that I'd like to try using purely (at the moment) for email, without having to bother with any third-party hosting. I am, however, admittedly very much a newb to these things, and only have passing familiarity with the higher-end of this.

― Girolamo Savonarola, Saturday, 9 October 2004 15:58 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.reitter-it-media.de/software/osxpostfix.html

― TOMBOT, Saturday, 9 October 2004 16:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh, and I forgot to mention, I'm connected via a dynamic IP DSL connection. How does that change things?

― Girolamo Savonarola, Saturday, 9 October 2004 19:32 (twenty-one years ago)

If you want the MX records pointing directly at your laptop then you'll need to use some sort of dynamic DNS server to host your domain name.

― caitlin (caitlin), Saturday, 9 October 2004 19:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah actually using DSL with DHCP it's quite unlikely your mail will get anywhere, that's like spammer tactic #1. Most service providers now don't let anything go outbound on port 25 unless it's coming from their own server.

― TOMBOT, Saturday, 9 October 2004 21:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Yup. I run Sendmail at home, but set to forward all outgoing mail directly to my ISP's SMTP server. My ISP doesn't block port 25 outbound, but a number of other ISPs block all incoming mail from address blocks they have listed as DHCP.

― caitlin (caitlin), Sunday, 10 October 2004 15:53 (twenty-one years ago)

i think the biggest problem is going to be running the mailserver accepting mail on a laptop. I mean, you're not going to be on the same ip 24/7/365

― sometimes i like to pretend i am very small and warm (ex machina), Sunday, 10 October 2004 16:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, it seems like this idea is more trouble that it's worth. Oh well. A chance to challenge myself and learn some new skills denied for now. Something else'll come along.

― Girolamo Savonarola, Sunday, 10 October 2004 16:05 (twenty-one years ago)

You could try pimping.

― You've Got to Pick Up Every Stitch (tracerhand), Sunday, 10 October 2004 16:24 (twenty-one years ago)

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