Create a private mail server

Oct 30, '01 11:41:54AM

Contributed by: robg

OS X includes the standard UNIX 'sendmail' program, which can be configured to send and receive mail from the internet. Effectively, this means you can have an unlimited number of email accounts for yourself and family members. Setting up sendmail, however, can be quite tricky - especially if you want it to both send and receive internet mail.

There have been a number of tips posted here on dealing with this issue (try searching on 'sendmail'), but today's Mac Resource Page has the best start-to-finish description of the process that I've seen yet. The MRP covers getting a domain name, configuring sendmailsetting up users, and getting a POP server running to handle the routing of the mail.

If you have a full-time Internet connection and want to handle your own mail, give Eric's MRP a visit today! After today, you'll have to search for the October 30th posting to find the details.

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