12 Apr
2010
12 Apr
'10
2:21 p.m.
On 12/04/2010 15:16, Julian Templeman wrote:
Thanks to the setup guide, I've got most of what I
want working now,
but I'm a bit stumped about email. I see that exim seems to be running
in my Debian VPS, I've set up an MX record, and I can send mail to
myself without it bouncing. What I've no idea about is where it ends
up, and how to access it from a mailer like mutt or pine! If anyone
has any 'setup guide' type hints to getting basic email up and
working, I'd be very grateful.
julian
(playing with his server from Mumbai!)
Hi Julian,
There are two components to a typical mail server.
# There is the Mail Transfer Agent (or MTA) which in your
case is exim. It is responsible for passing outgoing mail
along to other servers, and accepting incoming mail for
storage on your VPS. You would usually think of SMTP when
referring to one of these.
# And there is the mailbox daemon (real terminology unknown)
that provides access to users to read email that's been
stored under their account on your VPS. An example of this
would be dovecot, which I personally recommend. You would
usually think of POP3 or IMAP when referring to one of these.
You will need both! As a stop-gap, typing 'mail' should
allow you direct, local access to the mail stored on the
server without installing any additional software such as
dovecot.
Hope this helps
Tom