Internal Mail Server

[3fingersalute]

We have 3 computer labs. and our instructors would like to be able to teach use of Outlook Express and/or Outlook, but due to usage policies, we are not allowed to use the corporate mail server to give email access.

What I want to do is setup a basic mail server, with about 30-40 email addresses, and have clients able to send and receive email, but I don't actually want to use real email addresses, just something internal. In fact, this mail server does not even actually need any connectivity to the internet.

Anybody have any reccomendations or can point me in the right direction to further research this? I have looked at several tutorials on internal mail servers, but everything I find is to gather mail from another mail server, and then redistribute internally.

[kato2274]

We have 3 computer labs. and our instructors would like to be able to teach use of Outlook Express and/or Outlook, but due to usage policies, we are not allowed to use the corporate mail server to give email access.

What I want to do is setup a basic mail server, with about 30-40 email addresses, and have clients able to send and receive email, but I don't actually want to use real email addresses, just something internal. In fact, this mail server does not even actually need any connectivity to the internet.

Anybody have any reccomendations or can point me in the right direction to further research this? I have looked at several tutorials on internal mail servers, but everything I find is to gather mail from another mail server, and then redistribute internally.

www.contribs.org

e-smith SME server. takes about 10 minutes to setup. install it on as low as a pentium 200. works great. . . . . you'll love it.

[shanff]

I've been looking at ClarkConnect, never having seen SME Server. It looks awesome. I'm downloading now. I imagine with a little hacking/plugin action, SME server could do more gateway functions/firewalling also and be a great "all in one" box for smaller businesses and homes.

[kato2274]

I've been looking at ClarkConnect, never having seen SME Server. It looks awesome. I'm downloading now. I imagine with a little hacking/plugin action, SME server could do more gateway functions/firewalling also and be a great "all in one" box for smaller businesses and homes.

it is a great all in one box. there are LOTS of rpm plugins for stuff like spam filtering, antivirus etc. and samba can emulate a NT domain. very cool distro

[gizmo1_1]

http://cr.yp.to

Small fast and roebust
Easy to intstall and configure

[3fingersalute]

www.contribs.org

e-smith SME server. takes about 10 minutes to setup. install it on as low as a pentium 200. works great. . . . . you'll love it.

Thanks kato, I'm gonna give that a shot - although, I've been having a h3ll of a time getting it to download - it keeps timing out, and when downloading, it's always under 20k/sec.....

[3fingersalute]

kato....I was just flipping through the manual and didn't see anything where I can actually setup email address for internal mailing only without actually using the internet - am I overlooking it somewhere??

[kato2274]

kato....I was just flipping through the manual and didn't see anything where I can actually setup email address for internal mailing only without actually using the internet - am I overlooking it somewhere??

http://www.contribs.org/contribs/bob...chpt-07.3.html
http://www.contribs.org/contribs/bob...chpt-07.4.html

[3fingersalute]

http://www.contribs.org/contribs/bob...chpt-07.3.html
http://www.contribs.org/contribs/bob...chpt-07.4.html

Thanks kato - I'll take a look again, but it didn't seem like it will do what I want, unless I was not looking in the right place.