Debian email server, now stuck on DNS

[arya6000]

Hello

I setup Debian with mail server and squirrelmail, I can send mail, but what do I need to do to receive email? I registered a domain on co.cc, not sure how to proceed after this. So I need to configure a dns server on the same box as well?


Regards!

[Irithori]

If the domain is already registered, then there are DNS for it.
You need at the minimum an A, PTR and MX record.

[arya6000]

If the domain is already registered, then there are DNS for it.
You need at the minimum an A, PTR and MX record.

Hi, thanks for your post, I'm new to this DNS stuff, I tried to setup zoneedit a few weeks a go and still I get error when sending email to it, I have attached a screenshot of my zoneedit settings, can you tell me if I made a mistake in it?

http://i56.tinypic.com/20ft002.png


Regards!

[wszachau]

Your DNS setup works fine, I just checked it.
Considering this is debian, your MTA is probably exim. In default configuration, exim will only allow to send from the localhost. You need to reconfigure exim to accept incoming mail via STMP from other hosts. Run

dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config

and read carefully, then make your choices. You will want an internet server for a single domain. Please note that by default exim will not run separate trees of mailboxes for multiple domains (in case you need that, it needs more work, but can be done, obviously).
WARNING: running a public mail server should be left to people who know what they are doing. This is not for beginners. If you get it wrong, you can easily end up having an open relay and that is like honey for the spammers. Read the documentation and be very, very careful about what you do.