Questions related to email setup and troubleshooting. Most questions can be tagged with your email client (such as "thunderbird" or "evolution")
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how do I get maximal compressed screenshots?
I'd like to compress my screenshots as much as possible before I send them via email. The best compression ratio I only got with some work on each screenshot:
first I took the screenshot with ...
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I can't send an email after I've linked files
I just linked two files that I want to send in an email from Thunderbird, but I keep getting the following message:
"Sending of message failed.
There was an error attaching . Please check if you have ...
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email problems retrieving messages/getting all old deleted messsages instead of recent ones
When I hit send/receive to get my latest emails, it says I have 20,000+ emails and then begins to bring up every one of them beginning with #1. I hit cancel and then retrieve what has been brought up ...
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Sendmail not working properly
I wanted my joomla website to send emails, so for that I installed sendmail.
I tested it by using putty sendmail emailadress@domain.com content of email to check if it was working.
I made multiple ...
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Delivery to Ontario, Canada
I need delivery to Toronto, ON, Canada.
Who do I email? And how do I ask for it?
How will I know that they received my email? Please help! I've already ordered and made payment!
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Evolution + mapi broken in 13.04
I used to have a wonderful set-up for work in Evolution until yesterday when I foolishly updated to 13.04. I have access to my emails via Mapi (our uni run an exchange server) but I can't send ...
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Postfix won't receive email from Gmail
I know there are quite a few threads already regarding Postfix not receiving external emails. However, my problem is for Gmail exclusively. Postfix on my server receives email from many providers such ...
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Sendmail relaying email through A record not MX
I have a Ubuntu server, running sendmail (until this morning it was running postfix, but I moved to sendmail to eliminate the possibility of my postfix configuration tweaks being the cause of this ...
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How can I send email from my website on ubuntu server
I am using ubuntu 12.04 and I have installed Appache , php , and mysql all the latest versions. I have my website on the root folder of this machine.
Now, I want an email be sent to my boss when ever ...
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How to make my server email me when there are security updates?
There's obviously a way to check to see when an update is a security update. I often get greeted by a motd that says "there are N security updates."
What I'd like to do is have my server email me a ...
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evolution mapi not working in 13.04
After installing evolution-mapi in Ubuntu 13.04, I am getting this error
(evolution:8018): camel-CRITICAL **: camel_provider_list: Could not load ...
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When trying to install FirstClass, it asks for the packages libqt3-mt|libqt3c102-mt but for some reason I can't install those?
I am quite new to Ubuntu so I don't really now what I'm doing wrong, maybe someone can help me?
I wanted to install FirstClass but then it gave me an error that the packages libqt3-mt|libqt3c102-mt ...
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Setting up Mail server on Ubuntu 12.04.2 Server
Based on this article http://iain.it/linux/how-to-install-php-fpm-and-nginx-on-ubuntu-12-04 I've built my LEMP web server. I need one more function to work: mail.
It's production server and I can't ...
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Is there a Email Client for MAC that works without IMAP/POP enabled? Or an Email Client that can be used with the same settings as on the Iphone? [closed]
The company I work for recently moved our Exchange to Google Mail. IT will not enable IMAP/POP due to security reasons. So I am not able to use the apple email client to download my emails. But I am ...
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How to Convert .msg file (Outlook email msg) into .eml?
I have just started using Ubuntu & Thunderbird.
I have saved my Outlook emails in my hard disk which are with .msg extension and now when I try to open them in Thunderbird it doesn't open because ...
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Mail Server: system requirements
I want to create a mail server for personal use. It will be used mainly by me and possibly some family members.
The system load will be in the order of 5-10 IMAP mailboxes, all for "human" use: no ...
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How can I change EXIM4 config from warn on no reverse DNS to actively rejecting mails with no reverse DNS
By default EXIM4 only warns about mails with no reverse DNS. I need to block and actively reject mail which has no reverse DNS. I am willing to accept that it's possible that some legit mail will be ...
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Any email client that supports ActiveSync?
Is there any email client for Ubuntu that supports ActiveSync? This is the protocol used in Hotmail, Outlook.com and by email services hosted on Microsoft Exchange servers.
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Postfix SMTP server: Emails not being queued for retry when greylisted [submission by email clients]
I have recently configured my own postfix server, however there is one thing left that's stumping me.
When sending emails via thunderbird to a server with greylisting enabled, I am instantly ...
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Authentication server didn't send valid SPID as expected:
I have set up my mail server and been using thunderbird to check my mails (followed the instructions here). Everything has been working well, except after I moved a few days ago, I can no longer check ...
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SASL authentication failure: no secret in database
I have a VPS with Plesk Panel on Ubuntu server 10.04.
Everything was set up and working perfectly. Only change I made to the mail configuration was to allow submission port 587.
Everything was still ...
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Is there an application similar to Everdesk for linux/ubuntu?
I am looking for a file manager that stores emails together with other documents in the same folders similar to Everdesk.
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Change postfix name from “localhost” to something meaningful?
I run postfix my servers to allow websites to send email. I'm using it as a drop-in for sendmail proper.
When an email is sent the HELO string seems to contain localhost. This wouldn't be a problem ...
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Outlook.com and Google Apps email notifier for gnome-shell?
So, pretty basic question,
I use outlook.com for some work email, I use multiple Google Apps emails for different things.
I don't use an email client, I just use the different webmail interfaces,
...
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Which email client is fast enough for a Maildir containing one million emails?
I have a Maildir, which subfolders contain about one million emails. Mutt is so slow on it. Any better choice?
PS: An email deduplicate tool contained is better. Normal scripts keep the index in ...
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Not all emails are coming into Thunderbird from Gmail
Can anyone offer some insight as to why only some of my emails are being pulled into Thunderbird from Gmail? I noticed that my TBird doesn't have a junk mail folder set up in it - could this be the ...
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Migrate Outlook 2013 to thunderbird
I am considering to move away from Windows to Ubuntu. At present trying to migrate my emails from office 2013 to thunderbird with no success. Most importantly is my my personal folder (pst) with all ...
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Configure 'mail' command to send external email when servers domain name is used
I have postfix and mail installed on my server.
The following command works fine
$mail aj@xyz.com
But if I use this command
$mail aj@mydomain.com
The system thinks I am trying to send a ...
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How can I disable the SPAM notification from a known contact in Thunderbird?
I am running Thunderbird Mail on Ubuntu 12.10.
How can I un-mark the SPAM notification from known contacts?
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Change Unity's indicator messages envelope color from blue
How can I change the "You've got mail" messaging indicator envelope color? Is there a setting similar to as in allowing any indicators?
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Why did I stop getting Thunderbird email notifications?
I'm not getting notifications anymore, when a new email in Thunderbird arrives.
How can I fix this and continue getting notifications? I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 with the Xfce desktop environment.
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Ubuntu 12.10 Evolution EWS
I'm trying to set up my company's e-mail in Evolution (Exchange 2010). Some details:
connected to my company via openconnect (cisco vpn)
installed Evolution
installed evolution-ews
when setting up ...
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how to integrate outlook 2003 pst file to thunderbird
I backed up all emails in Outlook 2003 that resulted in a pst file. Wiped out computer and installed Ubuntu 12.04. Opened Thunderbird and after clicking on Tools and Import... nothing shows up in ...
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ubuntu 12.04 pear not sending emails
I installed Ubuntu 12.04 as a KVM virtual machine host. I selected SSH and lamp. All work nice. I copy all the files from my old website to this new server to test. All work as expected but the email ...
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Forward mail from a corporate mail account to gmail
I have two mail accounts, one of them (gmail) is my preferred and the other is a corporate one. I'd like to read all my email in the gmail account only. But the corporate mail doesn't have forward ...
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How do I have ubuntu download email then forward that to my mobile devices and other computers?
I use a vary secure email service that has a really small quota (under 100 megs), I'd like to have my main ubuntu 12.10 32 bit system to download the mail, delete it off the server, notify my mobile ...
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Unity Mail handling hotmail accounts
I've configured Unity Mail so it monitors 1 hotmail email accounts. It don't correctly notifies me about new messages.
Is there a possibility of configuring Unity Mail so it can handle hotmail ...
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how to set-up (very) simple sendmail
I've been trying to get command line sendmail to work, but no success. I need this to output my anacron error somewhere.
I've installed the sendmail package. Configured /etc/aliases with:
root: ...
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cannot start postfix
I am having issues starting postfix. I have configured postfix several times now and cannot get it to stay started.
Here is my main.cf:
smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Ubuntu)
biff = no
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Need to setup email notification when system starts and shutdown
I would like to have the system send me a email notification everrytime the system starts or shuts down.
I am currently running Ubuntu 12.10
I found this tutorial but I couldn't make it to work.
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How can I set the date/time of a mail in Thunderbird
How can I change the Date/Time Thunderbird inserts in the Mails Date Header? I want to insert a Date which is in the past, so I do not(!) need a "send later" functionallity. I'm searching for an ...
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Preferred mailer in Ubuntu
I am looking for a mail option on my Ubuntu server that I can code into my shell script to trigger a script completion by email. What is the best way to complete this task code wise and mailer wise? ...
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Not receiving emails from blocked e-commerce sites [closed]
Ubuntu blocks two of my e-mail sites that have to do with building a computer. I guess that means I'll be stuck with Secure Boot or another distro. These are not porn sites they are newegg.com and ...
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Mail server configuration for a home user?
Okay I'm totally lost with mail server configurations. I use getmail and mbsync to receive email and mutt's built-in SMTP support to send email; I use the same procedure for both Gmail (I rarely use ...
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msmtp not working?
I was trying to send mail from bash, but it doesn't work and I can't find the reason... So my .msmtprc file is
account default
host smtp.gmail.com
port 587
from account@gmail.com
tls on
tls_starttls ...
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When I attach a file to an email it is automatically converted to a .bin extension
Recently attachments to my emails are automatically converted to .bin extensions.
This doesn't occur when I use the gmail on a Windows OS.
I installed all the recent Ubuntu updates without solving ...
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Does email client leave messages on GMail server by default?
If I use POP3 and let email client autoconfig everything are copies of my messages left untouched on server? Where is the setting to change that?
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Successful back-port of evolution 3.6.2 into 12.10? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to install Evolution 3.6.2 from 13.04 into 12.10?
Any successful back port of evolution 3.6.2 into 12.10 ? I tried the steps and suggestions in How to install ...
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Thunderbirds can't send via Gmail
Everytime I'm trying to send message this error occured:
Sending of message failed. The message could not be sent because the
connection to SMTP server smtp.googlemail.com timed out. Try again ...
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reconfigure tasksel mail server
I set up my mail server incorrectly when I first installed it with tasksel. I tried uninstalling it through tasksel (removing the * next to mail-server) and then re-installing it. Unfortunately, it ...
