email server

[mmsmc]

im trying to set up my own email server, this idea came from the help of others form this post http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1814655 but i was unable to as i was not home, but i am ready now, any help on this subject is useful to me. I am experienced in setting up servers but i would have no clue where to start with emails

Thanks

[Dry Lips]

I highly recommend this tutorial:
http://flurdy.com/docs/postfix/

But I highly recommend that you have a dedicated box for this.
In other words, I don't think a laptop will do...

[mmsmc]

the only computer i could possibly run the server on that is not a laptop is an old desktop with 6 gigs of hd space, and 256 mb of ram running puppy linux

[HermanAB]

Citadel. I had it running on an EeePC.

[Dry Lips]

the only computer i could possibly run the server on that is not a laptop is an old desktop with 6 gigs of hd space, and 256 mb of ram running puppy linux

It should be sufficient, the Recommended Minimum Requirements for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS server is 128 mb RAM/ 500mb-1GB HDD.

A few months ago I ran Ubuntu 8.04 Server on a machine with only 64MB RAM & 6 GB hdd.
It struggled a lot when I tried to install joomla, though! My current server has 4GB RAM which is quite a luxury!

[mmsmc]

would anybody know how i would go about doing this?

[Dry Lips]

would anybody know how i would go about doing this?

What? Installing the server OS, or postfix? If you're going to run your own email server you have
to make sure it is fully secured, etc. Again: have a look at the tutorial I provided.

[mmsmc]

oh god, i completely missed that link, thanks!