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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm run a very small LAN at my home. My LAN
includes a firewall, a SAMBA file server also working as test PostgreSQL server
and apache, and several work station - clients Windows and Debian Linux. I have
broadband connection to the internet (5 Mbps) but no fixed IP address -
UPC.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I need a more efficient mailing system then a
simple mail client such as Thunderbird or Outlook Express. The best for me (I
think) is an IMAP server such as Courier which can manage compatible Maildir and
mail format, all my mails would reside on the server and use WEB based client,
native to courier or may be squirrelmail. First of all I need a flexible MTA, I
hope it could be the exim4 - isn't it?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I built a test configuration - simplest Debian 3.1
stable, with precompiled kernel - skipp any prselected
configuration.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>apt: courier-imap and courier-doc - and start to
check what I have, using Thunderbird, Outlook Express - I could logon. But how
to send email inside of my LAN? - I'm trying the simplest - exim4 - "mail s", at
this point my pain started!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1. What should be the right configuration for exim4
to deliver emails inside the LAN?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2. I heve no domain or DNS, what the right setting
for send emails to servers exists on internet?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If I simply switch to "PCon the internet receiving
by SMTP" and clean IP address 127.0.0.1 - I have messageas immediatelly about
routing error.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I found on the WEB that I need a better qualified
domain - I put "localhost.localdomain" (exactly) I could send messages to a well
known server on the NET (also Debian Linux), but I have susppicious messages at
the log. After I put "localhost.localdomain" into other names what I've should
receive, and I have succes to send the message (I check on a windows wks) but I
still get "Unroutable message" for message which was delivered!?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Finally can I use Debian
configuration to fulfill my needs </FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2>or better forget this and start my own? Again exim4 is good for me to
deliver messages into my IMAP servers Maildir and fetch mails from remote
servers or not?!</FONT></DIV>
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