setting_up_mail_clients
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setting_up_mail_clients [2020/06/26 07:53] – clean up peteyboy | setting_up_mail_clients [2022/06/24 23:44] – [Introduction] bolding VPM VHOST requirement peteyboy | ||
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===== Introduction ===== | ===== Introduction ===== | ||
- | SDF uses SMTP Authentication to allow remote network clients such as desktop, tablet and phone mail applications to use its SMTP server for the purpose of sending (relaying) e-mail messages. SDF users with the VPM, VHOST and MetaARPA memberships have access to the SMTP server. | + | SDF uses SMTP Authentication to allow remote network clients such as desktop, tablet and phone mail applications to use its SMTP server for the purpose of sending (relaying) e-mail messages. |
===== Quick Starter Notes ===== | ===== Quick Starter Notes ===== | ||
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* SDF's SMTP server listens on port 25 as well as ports 23, 53, 587 and 8080. Some ISPs throttle or block activity on port 25. | * SDF's SMTP server listens on port 25 as well as ports 23, 53, 587 and 8080. Some ISPs throttle or block activity on port 25. | ||
* Set your SMTP AUTH secret with mkvpm set secret at the shell. The auth secret is not your SDF password; plese do not set secret to your SDF password. | * Set your SMTP AUTH secret with mkvpm set secret at the shell. The auth secret is not your SDF password; plese do not set secret to your SDF password. | ||
- | * Your SMTP AUTH username is your domain name@sdf.org (ex. alan8r.sdf.org@sdf.org) | + | * Your SMTP AUTH username is [your domain name] @sdf.org (ex. alan8r.sdf.org@sdf.org) |
+ | * If you are accessing VPM because you are paying dues for a VHOST, your SMTP AUTH user name is your VHOST domain name | ||
+ | * If you are accessing VPM because you are paying dues or VPM or are METAARPA, your domain name is your SDF website domain, for example user ' | ||
* SMTP via STARTTLS is recommended. Some email clients may refer to STARTTLS as TLS. TLS/SSL is not STARTTLS. | * SMTP via STARTTLS is recommended. Some email clients may refer to STARTTLS as TLS. TLS/SSL is not STARTTLS. | ||
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* [[Mail.App under MacOS X]] | * [[Mail.App under MacOS X]] | ||
* [[Mozilla Thunderbird under Windows]] | * [[Mozilla Thunderbird under Windows]] | ||
- | * [[Heirloom Mailx under Linux/BSD]] | + | * [[Traditional mail(1)/mailx(1)]] |
* [[Postfix MTA on NetBSD 6.x]] | * [[Postfix MTA on NetBSD 6.x]] | ||
* [[iPhone Mail Application]] | * [[iPhone Mail Application]] |
setting_up_mail_clients.txt · Last modified: 2022/09/22 06:45 by peteyboy