I wanna set up an e-mail account so i can send e-mail from my machine. I want it to be something like whatever@mydomainname.com
Does anybody know any documentation on how to do this? Ohh and when i was setting up redhat as a workstation it asked me for domain name and stuff, so if i put anything in there would it show people's e-mails when i send them something?

Do you mean you wanna setup your own email server ???? like yahoo.com and stuff or simply connect to another mail server using a mail client on your machine ????

i wanna set up my own e-mail server is it hard to do?

not really! You just need a dedicated internet connection as in DSL with static IP and also a domain name registered with Networksolutions for you name. And finally find a free dns service on the net to do dns lookups for you...As far as sendmail on the server it is really easy to setup.

thanks nabil,
i'll look into it and do you know any good dns lookup services? And do you have other cheaper than networksolutions? I checked it and it is $40 for a year. Anways, i appreciate it. Thanks again

For free DNS, Try http://www.granitecanyon.com They are hard to configure but they are free. I personally use my own which you can do also if you have static IP and you register a name server for free at networksolutions as(machinename.domainname.com). If you like send me a private email and I will let you use my nameservers for free so you can register a name and get going until you figure out the free dns service. You can also register a name indirectly with other services cheaper but updating stuff afterwards is very slow. Networksolutions is higher but you will like their service.

Hi nabil,
it is really good the way u reply to the queries..
i want to set up a mail server, i have a domain name registerd with register.com, amd i have a ips from my isp.
how do i go about setting up am email server , i shld be able to get msg on to my mail client say outlook.
pls can u help me in deploying this.

thx

Ok Basically the way it works is that when you register a name on the internet, that name will be connected to a nameserver or a dns server for examle http://www.domain.com is set to goto 10.0.0.1 where 10.0.0.1 is a nameserver or dns server, then this name or dns server will be setup to forward either http traffic for a web server or mail MX traffic for a mail server as an example an entry in the dns server will say "www.domain.com MX 10 10.0.0.50" where 10.0.0.50 is your static IP that your server runs under..When someone sends mail to user@yourdomain.com then first incoming mail server will check to see where youdomain.com is then the dns server will tell it goto your IP address 10.0.0.50 for mail delivery as specified on top...When mail comes to your box, sendmail running on you server will listen on port 25 for any incoming mail and decide either to accept or reject...If user has an account then it accepts it otherwise it will reject it.
So here is what you need before doing anything with mail server software on you box.
Need a fixed static IP
You need to link youdomain.com to a free dns server as stated above in one of my messages
An entry in that free dns server to point back to your IP address.
If you do all that, you would at least start recieving and sending mail with out any extral configuration. To use outlook to connect to your server then you need to install a pop server on you machine. Some Linux distro will have it included if not download qpopper and install it.
If you have anyother questions please post one at a time or step at a time and I will help you in more detail.

Hi, i read this article but i couldnt find the procedure ... canyou explain me it????
Thank

ahh .. do you know how to configure a proxy on linux

(I HAVE RED HAT 7.0!)

If you looking to run a email server, there are at least 2 HOWTO documents you can begin with...

"Pocket" ISP based on RedHat Linux HOWTO
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/ISP-Se...Hat-HOWTO.html

The Linux Electronic Mail Administrator HOWTO
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Mail-A...tor-HOWTO.html

There may be others at http://www.linuxdoc.org / that might be helpful to you.

If you just want your own domain name and email addresses on that domain name, then you do not *have* to run your own email server. There are companies that will run the server for you for less than $30 bucks/month and also give you a few mailboxes for your domain, along with a shell account.