[lug] name based hosting

[Frank Whiteley]

If you want to try sendmail, I'd recommend Linux Sendmail Administration
from the Craig Hunt Linux Library by Sybex.

Found it very straightforward and comprehensive.

You've got to lock it down tight though.

Frank

----- Original Message -----
From: "j davis" <davis_compz at hotmail.com>
To: <lug at lug.boulder.co.us>
Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 1:43 PM
Subject: Re: [lug] name based hosting


>
> cool...thanks for the input...ill try postfix, tried to set qmail up
> at first and couldnt get it to go...
>
> Thanks Again,
> jd
>
> >From: rm at fabula.de
> >Reply-To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> >To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> >Subject: Re: [lug] name based hosting
> >Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2002 21:45:16 +0200
> >
> >On Sun, Jul 28, 2002 at 07:26:55PM +0000, j davis wrote:
> > > Hey,
> > >  So, i know this is lame but....I have a few customers who want to
> > > put up some web-pages that might get 10 hits a year, 9 of wich will be
> >me.
> > > Anyway i want to host these pages on my dsl. I only have one ip and i
am
> > > hosting
> > > my own domain....so,could i use apache with name based hosting to do
> >this.
> > > is this reliable, any pros or cons, or is name based host for
something
> > > completly diffrent?
> >
> >Yup, name based virtual hosts are your friends. They're meant to solve
> >exactly your problem (and today allmost _all_ browsers support HTTP 1.1).
> >There's some pretty good documentation at the apache website -- feel free
> >to contact me in case you have more questions.
> >
> > > Also, i would host there mail accounts, i am still
> > > pretty new to sendmail...
> >
> >Then don't use it! ;-) Use postfix or something like it. Unless
> >you love pain and suffering and spending your afternoons and week-
> >ends with still the fattest book from O'Reighly.
> >
> >
> >  Ralf Mattes
> >
> >P.S:- i'm not saying sendmail isn't a great tool - it just seems
> >to big for your needs.
> >
> > > is setting up multiple domain mail with sendmail a
> > > big deal?
> > >
> > > thanks,
> > > jd
> > >
> > > jd at taproot.bz
> > > http://www.taproot.bz
> > >
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> thanks,
> jd
>
> jd at taproot.bz
> http://www.taproot.bz
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