This is a guide for people who want to have their own domain name, and run their own mailserver using Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS. Following this guide will likely take around 60 minutes, including installing Ubuntu Server onto your machine. I installed the 32bit version on an AMD Sempron 3000+, and at the end of the process had used up 2.2GB of hard drive space. I would recommend a 10GB or bigger drive, and 512MB or more of RAM.

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