14. Electronic Mail

Contributed by Bill Lloyd <wlloyd@mpd.ca>.

Electronic Mail configuration is the subject of many System Administration books. If you plan on doing anything beyond setting up one mailhost for your network, you need industrial strength help.

Some parts of E-Mail configuration are controlled in the Domain Name System (DNS). If you are going to run your own own DNS server check out /etc/namedb and ' man -k named ' for more information.

14.1. Basic Information

14.1.1. User program

14.1.2. Mailhost Server Daemon

14.1.3. DNS - Name Service

14.1.4. POP Servers

14.2. Configuration

14.2.1. Basic

14.2.2. Mail for your Domain (Network).

14.2.3. Setting up UUCP.

14.3. FAQ

14.3.1. Why do I have to use the FQDN for hosts on my site?

14.3.2. Sendmail says ``mail loops back to myself''

14.3.3. How can I do E-Mail with a dialup PPP host?