From 23f04c7b68ec9b71b0c3607c317bcbdb6c10b526 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Frans Pop Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 02:29:20 +0000 Subject: Not to mention the unavoidable accidental commit... --- en/post-install/mail-setup.xml | 245 ----------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 245 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 en/post-install/mail-setup.xml (limited to 'en/post-install/mail-setup.xml') diff --git a/en/post-install/mail-setup.xml b/en/post-install/mail-setup.xml deleted file mode 100644 index cf07478af..000000000 --- a/en/post-install/mail-setup.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,245 +0,0 @@ - - - - - Setting Up Your System To Use E-Mail - - -Today, email is a very important part of many people's life. As there are -many options as to how to set it up and having it set up correctly is -important for some Debian utilities, we will try to cover the basics in -this section. - - - -There are three main functions that make up an e-mail system. First there is -the Mail User Agent (MUA) which is the program a user -actually uses to compose and read mails. Then there is the Mail -Transfer Agent (MTA) that takes care of transferring messages -from one computer to another. And last there is the Mail -Delivery Agent (MDA) that takes care of delivering incoming mail -to the user's inbox. - - - -These three functions can be performed by separate programs, but they can -also be combined in one or two programs. It is also possible to have -different programs handle these functions for different types of mail. - - - -On Linux and Unix systems mutt is historically a very -popular MUA. Like most traditional Linux programs it is text based. It is -often used in combination with exim or -sendmail as MTA and procmail as MDA. - - - -With the increasing popularity of graphical desktop systems, the use of -graphical e-mail programs like GNOME's evolution, -KDE's kmail or Mozilla's thunderbird -(in Debian available as icedove - - -The reason that thunderbird has been renamed to -icedove in Debian has to do with licencing issues. -Details are outside the scope of this manual. - - -) is becoming more popular. These programs combine the function -of a MUA, MTA and MDA, but can — and often are — also be used -in combination with the traditional Linux tools. - - - - - Default E-Mail Configuration - - -Even if you are planning to use a graphical mail program, it is important -that a traditional MTA/MDA is also installed and correctly set up on your -Linux system. Reason is that various utilities running on the -system - - -Examples are: cron, quota, -logcheck, aide, … - - - can send important notices by e-mail to inform the system -administrator of (potential) problems or changes. - - - -For this reason the packages exim4 and -mutt will be installed by default (provided you -did not unselect the standard task during the installation). -exim4 is a combination MTA/MDA that is relatively -small but very flexible. By default it will be configured to only handle -e-mail local to the system itself and e-mails addressed to the system -administrator (root account) will be delivered to the regular user account -created during the installation - - -The forwarding of mail for root to the regular user account is configured -in /etc/aliases. If no regular user account was created, -the mail will of course be delivered to the root account itself. - - -. - - - -When system e-mails are delivered they are added to a file in -/var/mail/account_name. -The e-mails can be read using mutt. - - - - - - Sending E-Mails Outside The System - - -As mentioned earlier, the installed Debian system is only set up to handle -e-mail local to the system, not for sending mail to others nor for -receiving mail from others. - - - -If you would like exim4 to handle external e-mail, -please refer to the next subsection for the basic available configuration -options. Make sure to test that mail can be sent and received correctly. - - - -If you intend to use a graphical mail program and use a mail server of -your Internet Service Provider (ISP) or your company, there is not really -any need to configure exim4 for handling external -e-mail. Just configure your favorite graphical mail program to use the -correct servers to send and receive e-mail (how is outside the scope of -this manual). - - - -However, in that case you may need to configure individual utilities to -correctly send e-mails. One such utility is reportbug, -a program that facilitates submitting bug reports against Debian packages. -By default it expects to be able to use exim4 to -submit bug reports. - - - -To correctly set up reportbug to use an external mail -server, please run the command reportbug --configure -and answer no to the question if an MTA is available. You -will then be asked for the SMTP server to be used for submitting bug reports. - - - - - - Configuring the Exim4 Mail Transport Agent - - -If you would like your system to also handle external e-mail, you will -need to reconfigure the exim4 package - - -You can of course also remove exim4 and replace -it with an alternative MTA/MDA. - - -: - - -# dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config - - - - -After entering that command (as root), you will be asked if you want split -the configuration into small files. If you are unsure, select the default -option. - - - -Next you will be presented with several common mail scenarios. Choose the -one that most closely resembles your needs. - - - - - -internet site - - -Your system is connected to a network and your mail is sent and -received directly using SMTP. On the following screens you will be -asked a few basic questions, like your machine's mail name, or a list of -domains for which you accept or relay mail. - - - - - -mail sent by smarthost - - -In this scenario your outgoing mail is forwarded to another machine, -called a smarthost, which does the actual job for -you. The smarthost also usually stores incoming mail addressed to your -computer, so you don't need to be permanently online. That also means -you have to download your mail from the smarthost via programs like -fetchmail. This option is suitable for dial-up users. - - - - - -mail sent by smarthost; no local mail - - -This option is basically the same as the previous one except that the -system will not be set up to handle mail for a local e-mail domain. Mail -on the system itself (e.g. for the system administrator) will still be -handled. - - - - - -local delivery only - - -This is the option your system is configured for by default. - - - - - -no configuration at this time - - -Choose this if you are absolutely convinced you know what you are -doing. This will leave you with an unconfigured mail system — -until you configure it, you won't be able to send or receive any mail -and you may miss some important messages from your system utilities. - - - - - - - -If none of these scenarios suits your needs, or if you need a finer -setup, you will need to edit configuration files under the -/etc/exim4 directory after the installation is -complete. More information about exim4 may be -found under /usr/share/doc/exim4; the file -README.Debian.gz has additional details about -configuring exim4. - - - - -- cgit v1.2.3