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Thread ID: 41622 2004-01-16 23:25:00 How do I run an email server for my domain? JoGiles (1898) Press F1
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207982 2004-01-16 23:25:00 Hi everyone,

this is a follow-on from my previous post regarding me hosting my own website and email. I've got everything sorted in my mind regarding the aspects of hosting on my server pc, etc, however I'm completely confused as to how I go about running an email server which will allow me to receive emails sent to my .co.nz domain that I own.

I can obviously send emails outwards through my Ihug SMTP server, but I would like to be able to receive emails through POP mailboxes from my server (therefore I could retrieve my emails from any pc which I set up?)

Any help and pointers for a windows mail server would be much appreciated - I am completely new to this area of software and I'm hoping I can get this up and running before I lose my current webhost and email provider.

Thanks to everyone in advance,
Jonathan. 		JoGiles (1898)
207983 2004-01-17 00:00:00 Ok, within the No-IP account setup there is an option to put in the MX records as hostnames.

Currently I have a free No-IP account, however if everything works out I wish to attach my .co.nz domain and get emails sent to bob@bob.co.nz (for example) which will be forwarded to my mail server from which my local machine can then pick up.

If that's possible, I believe it has to do with setting my mail server as the highest priority MX record with No-IP - what do I put in there though?

Please help,
thanks in advance,
Jonathan. 		JoGiles (1898)
207984 2004-01-17 08:53:00 i would like exactly the same thing but with a pop3 server for linux, (and i dont have one)

plz help. 		ilikelinux (1418)
207985 2004-01-18 03:50:00 i dont need help any more, got it working meself ilikelinux (1418)
207986 2004-01-18 04:09:00 For the MX record put your machines hostname in it - I'm not sure if you can point mysite.no-ip.com as your MX record however nothing tried nothing gained - this would mean you just have to keep your IP as up to date as possible (unless you have a static one).

If you can't point mysite.no-ip.com as your MX record then set your hostname as the MX Record - depending on what ISP you're with this alters, but usually it works along the lines of ip-xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx.adsl.isp.co.nz. The one way to find out though is to run a traceroute on your IP Address which will tell you.

MX Record priorities work on the numbering system - the lower the number the higher the priority so set the number accordingly.

After that, depending on how you wish to receive mail depends on your settings:
Port 25 has to have access to the internet because that's what is used to receive messages.
Ports 110 or 143 (depending if you use POP3 or IMAP4) don't have to have internet access if you are only going to access mail locally and don't have need to check your mail at a friends house, otherwise you will need to pinhole them too.


CyberChuck 		cyberchuck (173)
207987 2004-01-18 12:22:00 I use register direct. They have unlimited forwarding so I can forward any e-mail to my domain name to a single pop3 e-mail account on my ISP. I can then access my e-mail from that pop3 account. Big John (551)
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