How do I set up a mail server on Redhat 9.0?

[jlorino]

i have redhat 9.0 and i need to setup a mail server and i was wondering how to do that? I have already setup the webserver and the ftp server i just need to know how to setup a mail server so i can send e-mails to mydomain.com and get them on my server and also be able to check them using pop3 from like out look or something
thanx

 

[exequor]

Are you using cpanel? if you are using cpanel then this should be easy.

 

[jlorino]

no I am not using cpanel it is too expensive and i would know how to set it up on there but thanks i need to know how to do it without cpanel

 

[dduardo]

jlorino, did you install the mail server packages on the redhat 9 cd? I'm pretty sure red hat included a mail server configuration tool.

 

[jlorino]

yes i do have it installed i was just wondering how i go about configuring it

 

[dduardo]

Which MTA do you want to use? Sendmail, Postfix, Qmail?

I suggest Postfix. You can find the documentation here:

http://www.postfix.org/documentation.html

You can also use this guide:

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/virt-mail-howto.xml

Before you start reading I would suggest that you download the lastest version from the postfix website found here:

http://www.postfix.org/start.html