E-mail setup...

[Patrick3002]

Hello, i have just finished reading the tutorial on how to setup my computer as a webserver! And i have succeed in doing so, i was just wondering how i would go about setting up a POP3 or SMTP email server on my computer to host email accounts, perhaps unlimited email accounts?

Thanks!

Here are some links to the website's that i have made and created on my computer:

http://www.patsnetwork.net

http://patsnet.no-ip.com

The second on isnt up yet havnt figured out anything i would liek to put on that, i am thinking of starting a hosting business, not too sure about that yet, i've gotta do some 'thinking over' on prices and other factors, wouldn't want to rush into something that could get me in debit :|

[glc]

Before you run any more servers, you need to read your ISP's terms of service for residential accounts, you may be jeopardizing it right now by running a webserver. If you are going to start a hosting business, you need to do it on a commercial account (and cable/DSL isn't going to cut it, you need a T1 or better) or become a reseller for an established commercial host.

Unless you are a business, running your own mail server is more trouble than it's worth. You have security, viruses, spam, relaying, and all that stuff to worry about. Hosting plans are cheap enough - let the pros handle it and worry about all these issues.

[Xayd]

Email hosting isn't as simple as it would seem, and much more complicated to set up than webhosting is.

With that said, Postfix isn't terribly difficult to configure and run, and has plenty of documentation on their site assuming you're running this on a *nix box.

If you're running Windows the only decent freeware mail server I know of is mercury mail/pegasus.

www.postfix.org
www.pmail.com

But Glc is right, you will spend days (maybe weeks) learning how to set it up and secure it, if you have no experience with hosting mail.