I need help setting up a *local* email server. This is for a research project but I have no clue where to start. I have 3 computers and basically want to use one as the email server. I also have a cisco router in which I'll need the packets to route through to get to the destination.

I'll gladly pay someone to look at my setup and help me out. Thanks.

2/16/2010 2:29:09 PM

If you have exchange, use it.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb125169(EXCHG.80).aspx

If you need a free solution, use sendmail.

http://bytes.com/serveradministration/webservers/apache/virtual-hosting/app/sendmail1.html

2/16/2010 2:31:02 PM

id be happy to help you with the port forwarding on the cisco router ... once you get the email server side of it setup.

probably be something like:

ip nat inside source static tcp [inside ip] [inside port] [outside ip] [outside port] extendable

All packets hitting the outside ip/port combo will be translated to your inside ip/port, as specified. If you only have 1 ip, and you need internet too, then you can use this in conjunction with a nat overloading configuration, with the same outside ip.

Then, you just need to turn on nat by doing "ip nat inside/outside" on the relevant interfaces.

[Edited on February 16, 2010 at 2:52 PM. Reason : .]

2/16/2010 2:51:56 PM

Yeah, I thought about using Sendmail. I forgot to add that instead of using SMTP, I need to use the X.400 protocol for sending email. I dont think Sendmail supports it. I've been reading up on Isode's M-Switch/M-Store solution. They provide an evaluation copy but I'm not sure I have all the equipment needed. Its kinda confusing.

2/16/2010 2:52:50 PM

Relevant to this thread.

I pulled Exchange 2k7 off of MSDNAA a bit ago. Lo and behold, Server 2k8 doesnt support it. Anyone got a good work around to this? Its more to play around with my server cluster, so nothing important. Id rather not have to do a 2k3 server up to install it on with my AD domain.

2/17/2010 2:01:40 PM

http://www.hmailserver.com/

Free as in free; and pretty robust but not as heavy as Exchange server.



[Edited on February 17, 2010 at 2:16 PM. Reason : Oh but I don't think it supports X.400.]

2/17/2010 2:12:44 PM

oh god, why would you ever use exchange for something this small? lawl.

x.400 makes it a bit tough, but there are solutions. shoot me a PM if you still need help.

^^exchange 2010.

2/17/2010 11:29:38 PM

There are a bazillion linux distros that have this preconfigured... in fact I think Ubuntu, Fedora, and Debian live CD's have a checkbox and it boots with it running already...

2/17/2010 11:43:55 PM

^not with an MTA that supports x.400, unfortunately.

2/18/2010 12:15:03 AM

^^ was about to say they havnt offered it yet, but I check tonight and they have

/me is now downloading Exchange 2k10.

2/18/2010 1:52:41 AM

i, too, know ip nat commands

2/18/2010 8:16:15 AM

is this a troll? what on god's green earth would you need X.400 for these days?

2/18/2010 10:36:51 AM

based on what he's posted so far, it sounds like some sort of esoteric lab scenario to me.

2/18/2010 9:53:40 PM