Mail Server what basic packages are required

[ade234uk]

I am putting together a small tutorial for myself on how to setup a very basic webserver. So far I have the webserver running with PHP, MySQL. I can access this locally and online too.

One thing that has always stumped me is setting up mail.

I am looking for the very basic packages to get this running. I am not interested in Spam filters or anything like just yet.

What are the two or three main packages needed so that I can

1) Send Mail
2) Receive Mail

Once I have mastered this, I can then look at other things such as Spam filters etc....

Thank you

[qstraza]

well you need MTA, like sendmail or postfix... take a look at those packages.

[schiznik]

That covers sending mail (your MTA), you also need a MDA to receive mail, usually a POP3/IMAP server, such as dovecot or courier

[HermanAB]

...or just go here http://www.citadel.org - run the Easy Install script and about 20 minutes later you are done.

[ade234uk]

Thank you for your help. I will go with installing the packages bit by bit. The more I do the more I will learn from it.

[baudday]

This helped me a lot when I was setting up my mailserver...

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MailServer