[lug] "Simple" mail MTA setup?

[Hugh Brown]

Phil Rasch wrote:
> Thanks to those of you that have responded.
> 
> I must admit that I hit these problems six months ago or more. I
> worked out my "fix" and moved on. But obviously I want to do better,
> which is why I posted.
> 
> Since that time my webhost has changed their mailserver. And I dont know what
> comcast has done to deal with the blacklists. They sent these nice emails 
> back when contacted saying "we are working on it". Maybe they did something.
> 
> The upshot is that I dont have the old emails, and I dont have a configuration
> set up to test it right now (I was readying myself to try again, which is why
> I sent out the post). So I will have to put in a bit of time setting up and
> investigating before posting more if I still have the problem.
> 
> Can I just ask one more thing?
> 
> I really would like it if I could set up a powerful MTA like postfix or exim
> or something with 5 minutes of work. But it never seems to work out that way.
> 
> I usually fuss around for 30 minutes to a couple of hours. Am I just slow on
> this stuff, or is it truely a hassle?
> 
> I never have any trouble with the simple tools I mentioned before
> (either msmtp, esmtp, kmail, thunderbird, etc), but I have never found
> a simple set of instructions (like 10 bullets or so) that help me
> through it for the powerful ones. It usually requires mucking about in
> 3 or 4 files, and choosing a few of many options, and running seperate
> passwd encrypting codes, etc.
> 
> Anybody want to point me to a simple tutorial? Remember, I want to use
> SSL or TLS, and need to send a username and password for verification to 
> the smarthost.
> 
> Thanks a bunch
> 
> Phil
> 



I was thrilled with postfix because start to finish was 30-45 minutes 
and that was all (w/ no prior experience with postfix).

Hugh