17. 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.

17.1. Basic Information

17.1.1. User program

17.1.2. Mailhost Server Daemon

17.1.3. DNS - Name Service

17.1.4. POP Servers

17.2. Configuration

17.2.1. Basic

17.2.2. Mail for your Domain (Network).

17.2.3. Setting up UUCP.

17.3. FAQ

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

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

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