[ILUG-Cochin.org] New Email ID

[Sunjith P S]

Hi Jos,

You need to get a dedicated IP from your ISP first, if you want to host your domain and/or mail server on your GNU system.

Once you have dedicated IP, you need to register your domain joscollins.com and point it in DNS to your dedicated IP. Then install and configure any of the available free mail servers such as sendmail, exim, postfix, qmail etc. to receive and deliver the mails addressed to jos at joscollins.com to your inbox. You may also configure IMAP/POP (eg: cyrus) or webmail (eg: squirrelmail, horde) on that system and use it to access mail on your host system from other systems in your local LAN.

Regards,
Sunjith


On Wednesday 22 April 2009, Jos Collin wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I want to create a new email ID like jos at joscollin.com. I have an
> extra GNU system and an unlimited internet connection. How can I set
> it up as a mail server and create jos at joscollin.com? Or do I have to
> approach an ISP for creating it? Please provide your inputs.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jos Collin
>