On 03/11/2013 04:52 AM, Tilman Schmidt wrote: > Am 11.03.2013 03:54, schrieb Austin Einter: >> I am planning to setup mail server for my domain. >> >> Which one is preferred postfix or sendmail. > Choose the one your most familiar with. > If you aren't familiar with either, find someone who is. > Setting up a mail server in today's hostile Internet is not a task to be > taken lightly. > >> I came across a link * >> http://ostechnix.wordpress.com/2013/02/08/setup-mail-server-using-postfixdovecotsquirrelmail-in-centosrhelscientific-linux-6-3-step-by-step/ >> * for postfix mail setup. > That page does not give good advice. > Surely there must be better resources than that? > >> It says, >> Prerequisites: >> >> - The mail server should contain a valid MX record in the DNS server. > Strange wording, but I guess they mean the right thing: > your DNS zone should contain an MX RR pointing to the mail server, > but only *after* your mail server is up and running. The OP should set up and DNS internal view to work with the MX record if a test mode. Then replicate it to the external view after everything has been tested to work. Especially the anti-spam/virus portions. Since the OP's named.conf has not explicit views, he first needs to learn more on setting up DNS for safe development before tackling the bigger email challenge. > >> Navigate to this link how to setup DNS >> server<http://ostechnix.wordpress.com/2013/01/25/setup-dns-server-step-by-step-in-centos-6-3-rhel-6-3-scientific-linux-6-3-3/> > That page contains the blatant DNS configuration errors we sorted > out in your other thread. Don't use it. While we're at it, consider > not setting up your own nameserver at all but using your registrar's > nameservice instead. It may save you some hassle. > >> - Firewall and SELinux should be disabled. > Bad advice. > >> I have disabled iptables as my m/c is behind the firewall. >> >> It says I need to disable firewall. Is it really required. Kindly let me >> know. > No, you don't need to, and you shouldn't. > > HTH > T. > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos