Mail Server

Hi there

I was wondering if anyone here could help me or point me in the direction of
help?

I am currently running a HTTP and FTP service off a Windows machine. I am
also looking at running a mail server off it. Something which could receive
mail from other machines (via MX records on my domain name) and also send
mail to remote hosts. It would also be preferable to have a POP3 service on
it so it can be easily accessible to normal email clients.

Are there any (preferably free) Windows clients on which this can be done.
Please note I don't want to go anywhere near IIS.

Thanks in advance,

--
Khyle

Khyle wrote:
> Hi there
>
> I was wondering if anyone here could help me or point me in the direction of
> help?
>
> I am currently running a HTTP and FTP service off a Windows machine. I am
> also looking at running a mail server off it. Something which could receive
> mail from other machines (via MX records on my domain name) and also send
> mail to remote hosts. It would also be preferable to have a POP3 service on
> it so it can be easily accessible to normal email clients.
>
> Are there any (preferably free) Windows clients on which this can be done.
> Please note I don't want to go anywhere near IIS.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> --
> Khyle
>
>

There is only one: XMail (xmailserver.org) Very stable, small and FREE.
I've been running it for about two years on Win2k machine.

Lac

"Khyle" <khyle-w@ntlworld.com> wrote:

> I am currently running a HTTP and FTP service off a Windows machine. I am
> also looking at running a mail server off it. Something which could receive
> mail from other machines (via MX records on my domain name) and also send
> mail to remote hosts. It would also be preferable to have a POP3 service on
> it so it can be easily accessible to normal email clients.
>
> Are there any (preferably free) Windows clients on which this can be done.
> Please note I don't want to go anywhere near IIS.

Hamster -- <http://www.tglsoft.de/>
--
Johannes Lichtenberger · http://www.nabooisland.com

hi khyle
i'm hoping you can show me what you have done.
i have been trying to run a web page off my home computer. (xp pro, 4ghz
dual processor 80 g hard drive)
with no luck.

i want to be able to register a domain name and have it point to a file on
my computer where the web page is.
the problem is that i can't get onto my computer from the internet.
do you know how i can set it up?

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"Khyle" <khyle-w@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:bqv5u0$26du43$1@ID-202998.news.uni-berlin.de...
> Hi there
>
> I was wondering if anyone here could help me or point me in the direction
of
> help?
>
> I am currently running a HTTP and FTP service off a Windows machine. I am
> also looking at running a mail server off it. Something which could
receive
> mail from other machines (via MX records on my domain name) and also send
> mail to remote hosts. It would also be preferable to have a POP3 service
on
> it so it can be easily accessible to normal email clients.
>
> Are there any (preferably free) Windows clients on which this can be done.
> Please note I don't want to go anywhere near IIS.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> --
> Khyle
>
>

Hiya, ssin!
You wrote:
> hi khyle
> i'm hoping you can show me what you have done.
> i have been trying to run a web page off my home computer. (xp pro,
> 4ghz dual processor 80 g hard drive)
> with no luck.

As you've got XP I don't know what you want to try, whether it be IIS (which
is built in to Windows) or Apache (which is widely considered to be the best
HTTP daemon around. Free, too!

If you're thinking of using IIS, you should be able to install it via the
Add / Remove programs dialog (if it's not already installed).

If you're thinking of Apache, a free Windows executable can be downloaded
from
http://ftp.plig.net/pub/apache/dist/...e_1.3.29-win32
-x86-no_src.exe

The setup is different for each server software but should be pretty
straightforward.

The place to store your stuff in IIS is usually C:\inetpub\wwwroot\
(...index.htm)
With Apache it's usually C:\program files\apache group\apache\htdocs
(...index.htm)

Personally I went for the Apache option as it's lightweight and provides
greater scope for my needs. But if you're just hosting a single site, either
will do :-)

One thing you may need to ensure is that your machine and software has an
open connection to the web. That'll mean forwarding port 80 to your machine
if you have a router or something similar in the path. It'll also mean
configuring any firewalls to allow the software to act as a server and not
to block port 80.

> i want to be able to register a domain name and have it point to a
> file on my computer where the web page is.

Depending on what your provider allows, you could forward the domain to your
IP address (A-NAME properties)

Or you could have framed forwarding to http://24.70.95.207 (which is your IP
address, if it's not dynamic or doesn't change often).

> the problem is that i can't get onto my computer from the internet.
> do you know how i can set it up?

As I said, it'll probably need any router hardware or firewall software
configuring correctly. Unless you use the same as what I do I can't really
help with that. Although I'm sure there'll be a good newsgroup out there
which can help :-)

Hope that helps,

--
Khyle
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Ladislav Sedivy wrote:

> There is only one: XMail (xmailserver.org) Very stable, small and
> FREE. I've been running it for about two years on Win2k machine.

Hi Ladislav!

Unfortunately I have a WinME machine and it doesn't seem to want to run on
it.

Thank you anyway :-)

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Johannes Lichtenberger wrote:

> Hamster -- <http://www.tglsoft.de/>

Hi Johannes!

Unfortunately I don't have enough time as I'd like to play about with it.
Although it does look very impressive and has a lot of features.

However, for my current need I have about 4 domain names which all need a
single pop3 mailbox each, with the software acting as a catchall so anything
before the '@' on each domain would work, with the software looking at that
domain and deciding which mailbox to put it in. Would this be possible in
Hamster? Or am I asking far too much of free software?

Thanks once again,

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Khyle
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i've tried Apache before.
once i downloaded it i had no idea how to configure it.
and i'm not sure how to configure the linksys router.

i take it i have a different ip address for each of my 2 computers on my
home network then what is sent out to the internet by the router.
i know i need to assign a ip for each computer but i don't know how.





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"Khyle" <khyle-w@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:br7ist$8g96$1@ID-202998.news.uni-berlin.de...
> Hiya, ssin!
> You wrote:
> > hi khyle
> > i'm hoping you can show me what you have done.
> > i have been trying to run a web page off my home computer. (xp pro,
> > 4ghz dual processor 80 g hard drive)
> > with no luck.
>
> As you've got XP I don't know what you want to try, whether it be IIS
(which
> is built in to Windows) or Apache (which is widely considered to be the
best
> HTTP daemon around. Free, too!
>
> If you're thinking of using IIS, you should be able to install it via the
> Add / Remove programs dialog (if it's not already installed).
>
> If you're thinking of Apache, a free Windows executable can be downloaded
> from
>
http://ftp.plig.net/pub/apache/dist/...e_1.3.29-win32
> -x86-no_src.exe
>
> The setup is different for each server software but should be pretty
> straightforward.
>
> The place to store your stuff in IIS is usually C:\inetpub\wwwroot\
> (...index.htm)
> With Apache it's usually C:\program files\apache group\apache\htdocs
> (...index.htm)
>
> Personally I went for the Apache option as it's lightweight and provides
> greater scope for my needs. But if you're just hosting a single site,
either
> will do :-)
>
> One thing you may need to ensure is that your machine and software has an
> open connection to the web. That'll mean forwarding port 80 to your
machine
> if you have a router or something similar in the path. It'll also mean
> configuring any firewalls to allow the software to act as a server and not
> to block port 80.
>
> > i want to be able to register a domain name and have it point to a
> > file on my computer where the web page is.
>
> Depending on what your provider allows, you could forward the domain to
your
> IP address (A-NAME properties)
>
> Or you could have framed forwarding to http://24.70.95.207 (which is your
IP
> address, if it's not dynamic or doesn't change often).
>
> > the problem is that i can't get onto my computer from the internet.
> > do you know how i can set it up?
>
> As I said, it'll probably need any router hardware or firewall software
> configuring correctly. Unless you use the same as what I do I can't really
> help with that. Although I'm sure there'll be a good newsgroup out there
> which can help :-)
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> --
> Khyle
> http(://)www(.)khyle(.)org(.)uk
> To reply by email please de-screw the address
>
>

Khyle wrote:

> Ladislav Sedivy wrote:
>
>
>>There is only one: XMail (xmailserver.org) Very stable, small and
>> FREE. I've been running it for about two years on Win2k machine.
>
>
> Hi Ladislav!
>
> Unfortunately I have a WinME machine and it doesn't seem to want to run on
> it.
>
> Thank you anyway :-)

If you can run WinME on your 'IBM craptop' you will have no problem
running WinNT4. I had a P100 running my web and mail server with 32M of
RAM for over a year. I just upgraded it to a 'fast' 266Mhz Dell with
128M (bought for $50) I would be scared to run any server stuff on a
Win9x platform...

Lac
www.sedivy.com

> As you've got XP I don't know what you want to try, whether it be IIS
(which
> is built in to Windows) or Apache (which is widely considered to be the
best
> HTTP daemon around. Free, too!

i have abyss web server running right now.
a suggestion from someone on a different news group and it seems to be
runing corectly.
a sitee on the net said my ip was :http://24.67.136.132.
and when i go to it i get the comand prompt to enter the password for my
router.

>
> If you're thinking of using IIS, you should be able to install it via the
> Add / Remove programs dialog (if it's not already installed).

i've tried using the iis but it was way to complicated.
i have little to no programing skills. and all the terms might as well be in
french.


> One thing you may need to ensure is that your machine and software has an
> open connection to the web. That'll mean forwarding port 80 to your
machine
> if you have a router or something similar in the path. It'll also mean
> configuring any firewalls to allow the software to act as a server and not
> to block port 80.

how do i do that?
i know how to get on to my linksys router
but i have no idea what to do after that

i know lan ip is the ip the computers on my home network use.
and wan is the internet ip address.

but sub net mask?
dchp?
static ip?

i have no idea what i have to change with the router.