The purpose of this how-to is to provide information regarding the setup of email services with an @Home connection. The following topics will be covered: 1. Setting up client systems with @Home email service (name@home.com). 2. Using the firewall as a relay to facilitate outgoing email. 3. Setting up email services in conjunction with DNS running on the firewall. Please note that you will need to know your regional server to configure services, you can find this infomation in ACCOUNT SETUP when MEMBER SERVICES is clicked on. IE, in Davidson County, your regional server looks like this: nash1.tn.home.com.
This configuration will work if you have regular mail or netmail configured. Netmail is highly recommended as it allows access to your email from anywhere on the net. Should this service not be to your liking, there are other options listed in this faq which may work.
Settings:
Outgoing SMTP Server:
mail.nash1.tn.home.com
Incoming POP3 Server:
mail.nash1.tn.home.com
or
Incoming POP3 Server:
netmail.home.com
Whether you use mail or netmail as your POP3 server will be determined if you have netmail enabled. To configure netmail, visit the @Home Firewall Faq for step by step instructions.
A special thanks goes out to Bruce Martin for hooking me up on this one. The following information has been asked more times than one cares to know, and was so easy I could have pinched myself for not realizing the answer (don't even ask about the sendmail online manual...it keeps going and ....)
To set up your Window / Mac email clients, be sure that you set your @home email account to netmail, and follow the instructions provided by @home for configuring your email client. Make sure that your Linux box is running the latest version of Sendmail, and that it is started with the system boot.
For your outgoing mail server (smtp), specify your IP ADDRESS.
On your Linux system, become the SuperUser (root), and issue the
commands:
cd /etc/mail
pico or vi relay_allow
In the editor type in:
192.168.1.
This is of couse if your systems behind the firewall are configured with that IP structure. Please notice the trailing dot (.). It is necessary for the relay to work. Save and exit. Start sending with your email clients. Hurray!
All mail will have the return address of home.com unless you specify something else.
Please be aware that using relay and Sendmail opens up the potential for attack. Make sure you are running the latest version of Sendmail to avoid being used as a relay for spammers.
Instructions to follow shortly.