Hemminger, Jeffrey D. wrote: >Hi All, >I'm trying to set up a Mail Server, James, from the Jakarta project. >(see http://jakarta.apache.org/james/index.html if you're interested) > >I'm doing this for a software development project (read: I'm a developer and >not a sys admin... this is my first problem...), and would like to use >Linux as the OS. >For the development environment I'm using a private network which I've >recently set up. I have two PCs, both running RedHat7.2 configured the same >way. So some day I'm hoping to send emails from MX Server A to MX Server B, >and visa versa. > >I've gone through the installation of RedHat 7.2, I've installed the JDK and >James. I've gone through the build (and killed sendmail) and can run James >although it's not configured completely yet. > >The trouble I'm running into is with the network I've created. I ping, I >SSH, but I can't telnet or FTP (not that I really need to telnet, but it's >more this sinking feeling that I'm not doing something correctly). > Red Hat has not turned on Telnet or FTP since version 6.x (all 7.x look at these as a security risk). You should use ssh, sftp, and/or scp. > >I'd really like help with two points: > >1- Configuring my DNS servers correctly. > >2- More generally, things to watch out for running my private network (like >what dragons lie in wait for me once I start trying to throw emails >around?). > >I've been working on this for a while now, and the trouble I've run into >(repeatedly) with internet howto's and mail list archives is that they're >either talking about a different distribution or a different software >package than I'm using (or both). > >Is anyone available with some experience configuring DNS and Email servers >that I can send a few questions to??? > >(I'm on the James mailing list, so the questions would be specific to DNS >and networks) > >(This would be tomorrow, I've reached my threshold of frustration for today) >;) > >Thanks, > >Jeff > >PS- >Oh, and a couple more newbie questions?: >-I burned two ISOs, one Mandrake and one Debian. I was under the impression >that they'd start installing when I rebooted. They didn't. Can I change the >BIOS like I would under Windows so that it would run from CDROM when I >reboot? >-I created a Mandrake boot disk, started it up, and it wouldn't recognize >the Mandrake ISO in the CDROM. The question is: How do I install Linux from >an ISO??? > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >http://www.mn-linux.org >tclug-list at mn-linux.org >https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > >