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Setting up a FreeBSD File and Fetching Mail Server (Page 1 of 6)
Written by Steve Lake
Posted on: Aug 27, 2007 at 01:23pm Section: Tutorials
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At some point in your life you may find yourself in a situation where you are in need of either control of your own mail server, or a file server where you can host files for the whole family, or share them with ease. For the latter, the methods most people use tend to be clumsy, insufficient, or present a privacy and security risk that shouldn't be taken. The easiest way to elevate this is to simply build your own file server. While not completely eliminating all security risks, things can be done that will ensure that your files will be safe, secure and available anytime you need them from any computer on the network. And even remotely in some cases. Due note one thing. This tutorial will teach you how to setup both a file and a mail server on the same machine at the same time.
The part of this tutorial that teaches you how to setup a mail server on your machine will help you create what is called a "fetching" mail server rather than a standard "receiving" mail server. You can still use your server as a "receiving" mail server, however, for security reasons, and since this is a personal mail server and it will include a file server as well, it's preferable to use a "fetching" mail server setup instead, hence why I'm using that in this tutorial. In a later tutorial I'll cover how to setup a proper "receiving" mail server with all the security to make it safe to use on your network. And lastly, to clarify one thing. A "fetching" mail server does not receive mail directly. It goes out and grabs the mail from a remote mail server or mailbox, sorts it locally and delivers it to the respective users. A "receiving" mail server handles mail in the same way your ISP's mail server does by receiving mail directly from other servers on the net. Now let's look at how to build our server and how it came be very useful to us.
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