running a mailserver fom vmware work station

[wiseman]

Hello

I want to run a mail server from within debian linux guest with vmware workstation xp host. The setup is a bridged network connection

I know what I must do I think (see below ) but I do not know how
please can you point me to some howto;s that may help

here are things that need to be done:


a)Configure the Guest with a static IP on my home network. Verify that I can telnet to port 25 of the Guest from a system on my home network.

B)Then configure my home firewall/NAT box to forward incoming connections on TCP port 25 to the static IP address I gave my Guest. Then test that I can telnet to port 25 from a system outside my home network.

c)After that I need to configure the appropriate DNS records for my domain so that outside hosts know how to contact my mailserver.


thanks for any feedback

wiseman or not so wise

[zcworld]

if you using an free DNS name like from no-ip or dyndns
than you dont need to worry about doing an MX records ....

to see if your server ports are working than goto like http://www.canyouseeme.org and tell it to test port 25 and it will tell you if the port is open or not
if not
than you have got a firewall / port forwarding problem or maybe the ISP blocks port 25

but besides that you got what u need to do down right

[wiseman]

thants for your tips but sttill need to know howto do the actual points in ato c in my orininal post.

thanks


wiseman

[falko]

Originally Posted by wiseman

a)Configure the Guest with a static IP on my home network. Verify that I can telnet to port 25 of the Guest from a system on my home network.

Take a look at chapter 5 on http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect_setup_debian_etch_p3 .

Originally Posted by wiseman

B)Then configure my home firewall/NAT box to forward incoming connections on TCP port 25 to the static IP address I gave my Guest. Then test that I can telnet to port 25 from a system outside my home network.

You can easily do this in the web interface of your router.

Originally Posted by wiseman

c)After that I need to configure the appropriate DNS records for my domain so that outside hosts know how to contact my mailserver.

Do you have a static public IP address?

[wiseman]

thanks for your reply falko

yes i have a static ip address from my isp

[falko]

Ok, then you create an A record, e.g. mail.yourdomain.com, pointing to your static public IP, and then afterwards an MX record like this:

yourdomain.com. MX 0 mail.yourdomain.com.