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amt167
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 Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2002 12:27 am Post subject: mail server |
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| Does anyone know if it is possible to give someone a free email address using a mailserver software on my machine for example me@mydomain.com that would go to their in box in their mail client |
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aprelium
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| Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2002 1:15 am Post subject: Re: mail server |
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| amt167 wrote: | | Does anyone know if it is possible to give someone a free email address using a mailserver software on my machine for example me@mydomain.com that would go to their in box in their mail client |
You must install a mail server on your machine. And of course, it must be always connected to the Internet and available.
You must also have a valid DNS name for your machine and you must configure the DNS MX record to point on it.
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amt167
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| Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2002 2:43 am Post subject: mailserver |
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ok is dns like my ip which is62.30.248.145? or is it completly different?
how can i configure the dns mx? |
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aprelium
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| Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2002 11:48 am Post subject: Re: mailserver |
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| amt167 wrote: | ok is dns like my ip which is62.30.248.145? or is it completly different?
how can i configure the dns mx? |
What we call a DNS name is something like mycompany.com. If you want to run a mail server, you need a DNS name and not sipmly an IP (people cannot send mail to user@62.30.248.145).
You must register a DNS name (buy a .com address) and see the details (the MX record) with your domain registrar.
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amt167
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| Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2002 2:11 pm Post subject: mail server |
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ok i have now got a dns name which is www.spacefree.co.uk but the tech support where i bought that said i also have to set up mail on my webserver??
is this true i just thought that the domain would point to this as the server once id changed the mx records?? |
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aprelium
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| Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2002 2:26 pm Post subject: Re: mail server |
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| amt167 wrote: | ok i have now got a dns name which is www.spacefree.co.uk but the tech support where i bought that said i also have to set up mail on my webserver??
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8O What ???? Do they really adviced you to set up mail on your web server ? A web server is a WEB SERVER and not a mail server. We can't see the realtion between the two functions !
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is this true i just thought that the domain would point to this as the server once id changed the mx records?? |
What you want to do is completely independant from the web server. You need to have a mail server (as we already suggested) and to see how to configure it on your computer. You need also to set up the DNS MX record. These two steps are independant from the web server and has nothing to do with it. So please check with the people from whom you bought your domain for the exact way to do things. This is out of the scope of our support as it is not related to our product.
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