Questions tagged [email]
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 to migrate a remote mail server without having to notify its users?
I've got a remote mail server(henceforth A), based on this tutorial. Dovecot is the software used as the IMAP/POP3 mail server. I want to migrate every byte in A to another remote server(henceforth B),...
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What is the Best Practice to switch between Old and New Email Server to minimize outage?
I have been using self built email servers for years now on Ubuntu Server with Postfix + Dovecot.
Once before, I have decided to build a newer email server, and I called it by a different Fully ...
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oauth enabled mail checker?
My institution has recently forced all mail clients to use oauth (namely, xoauth2 for MS Exchange). I use mutt as a mail client, and I've reconfigured it to use it, but I'm missing a piece in my mail ...
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Configure host base Postfix and send emails using a container
I have installed and configured the nano /etc/postfix/main.cf file for postfix in the host server and when I try to send it from the host server echo "Test Postfix Gmail SMTP Relay" | mail -...
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mbsync slow gmail All Email folder with +100K emails
I am using mbsync (isync 1.4.4) on Ubuntu to sync Gmail imap to my local machine.
The Gmail All Mail folder has +100K emails and takes a very long time to sync. Looking at the output from mbsync --...
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Prioritisation of contact autocompletion in Evolution?
I have Evolution (3.36.5-0ubuntu1, running on on Ubuntu 20.04) set up for autocompletion when entering email addresses from my Contacts lists. I configured Evolution to use several contacts lists and ...
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Evolution broken until system restart
When I restart my system, email with evolution works fine. At some point (usually when suspending and moving from office to home), all or some email accounts will stop working. I can sometimes receive ...
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Ubuntu 21.10 - Attaching google cloud file to an email
I mounted google drive and I see all my files.
when attaching a file to an email it's original filename and file extension is lost, so the recipient can not open the file.(attachment of test.jpg turns ...
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Strange behaviour of the Thunderbird mail sending window
When I open the mail sending window in Thunderbird (Ubuntu 21.10), send the mail, and close the sending window the dot next to the Thunderbird icon is not deleted. So there are two dots but only one ...
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Message body not sending using mailx
I've just upgraded a 16.04 LTS machine to 18.04 LTS. Since doing that a script has not been sending emails in the same way. It pipes the message body to mailx and also attaches a file. The original ...
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I can not open any of evolution's windows when I start evolution
When I start evolution on blank or new window it appears as an icon in the top right. Clicking on it shows windows are there but they will not open. I have used apt to remove evolution and reinstall ...
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Evolution email: is there a chance to get HTML Signature in line with the sending alias?
Is there any chance to have multiple signature in Evolutions (yes) and automatically attach a one signature to a given alias?
I have a single mail account with two aliases and I'd like to attach the ...
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How do I configure a command line email client to send and receive email from the command line in Ubuntu?
I have been exploring command line email clients for a while now and it is not clear to me which would be the most standard tool and set-up.
I want to send emails from the command line without opening ...
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Ubuntu Server - Looking for software to take commands through email an execute them
I am looking for preferably Opensource software for Ubuntu Mail Server .
Requirement from software would be:
Listening for incoming emails on a [email protected] .
In case the incoming email ...
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Auto-split attachment from e-mail in e-mail client at download?
I've searched around on this for months every now and then, including here, to no avail. My issue seems so exotic I even seem unable to use the right set of keywords in forums and communities. That's ...
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mail MIME-Version and Content-Type not setting header - Mail Behavior Different from Ubuntu 14.04 vs Ubuntu 20.04
I recently copied over scripts from an Ubuntu 14.04 server to an Ubuntu 20.04 server. Some of my scripts do NOT appear to work as they did before on the older Ubuntu 14.04 server now that they're ...
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How do I Import email from Thunderbird Snap 86.0b3 to Thunderbird 68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
I used Ubuntu Software to remove Thunderbird Snap 86.0b3 and install Thunderbird Mail 68.10.0
I am running Thunderbird Mail on Ubuntu 18.04.
Unfortunately I removed Thunderbird Snap before I installed ...
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auto install email attachments to file?
I'm semi-new to Linux and ubuntu. I'm setting up a Linux server for a small office that doubles as a network drive. I'm trying to find a software that will take all email attachments and save them to ...
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Thunderbird problems as of 1st Feb 2021
As of today, Thunderbird wants me to create a new profile rather than show data from my existing profile. It's looking for the profile in the right place as evident in the Help - Troubleshooting menu ...
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Searching over all IMAP folders on terminal?
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I am aware that this problem might be rooted in the way IMAP works and what I can expect from a mail client. For IMAP folders are mailboxes and according to the protocol specification (afaik) ...
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What DNS Records should I put to configure postfix?
I am following this guide:
https://www.vultr.com/docs/how-to-install-postfix-dovecot-and-roundcube-on-ubuntu-20-04
to install postfix, dovecot, and RoundCube on my azure ubuntu VM. I know it is for ...
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msmtp installed as a system account not working with libsecret
I have successfully setup a system config to send emails using msmtp. Below is the configuration (located in /etc/msmtprc).
account default
auth on
tls on
tls_trust_file /etc/ssl/...
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Automatic date-based deletion of old mails in mutt from a cron / shell script
I would like to automatically delete all mails older 22 days using mutt
So i have created a shell script - which works when started manually:
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# define mail environment variable to make ...
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Failed Login User - Send automatic Email Notification
please assist - I want to write a script in Ubuntu/Linux which can send an automatic email notification to admin if any user failed to login three times by providing an incorrect password.
Note: I ...
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Thunderbird crashes at startup
Thunderbird starts and crashes immediately. I get a popup
Mozilla Crash reporter
"We're Sorry"
Even uninstalling and reinstalling of Thunderbird via Terminal doesn't work. I get an error
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mail (gnu mailutils) 3.4 not able to send an attachment
We upgraded from Ubuntu 14.04 to Ubuntu 18.04 and now we are not able to send emails with attachments.
On Ubuntu 14.04, we have mailutils 2.2 and we used to use the following command
mail -s "...
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Work Email not working on Ubuntu
I have tried all sort of things to get my email working on my ubuntu, maybe you guys can help. Let me first say that my work uses MS exchange server. They have changed the server names not to be the ...
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What exactly is an FQDA and how does it relate to multiple dynamic domain addresses?
I've had a Linux box running here for years. It is pointed to by first.second.net and first1.second.net as rented from no-ip, and there's a script to tell no-ip what the outside IP address is for my ...
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Created new pair of GPG Keys good for 1 wk - Why do I need to make Revocation Certificate
Testing GPG encrypted emails, I understand the reason for Revocation Certificate if you are making one for long time. Beings I'm trying to setup Thunderbird & Enigmail I thought I would start with ...
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Just updated to Ubuntu 20.04, unable to send emails now using same email client I used on 19.10
I recently upgraded to Ubuntu 20.04 from 19.10 (did a clean install). I am using the same email client (thunderbird) as before but when I try to send an email I get this pop-up.
An error occurred ...
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Mutt email client not working
Having issues running the mutt command on Ubuntu Linux
Which mutt:
/usr/bin
/usr/bin/mutt -s “test” -a /var/sftp/file.txt [email protected]
Does not work. Also tried this:
cat file.txt | mutt -...
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Can't receive my gmail emails through the command line
so I am a new Ubuntu user and I have been trying to configure my system to send/receive emails through the command line. I'm operating on Ubuntu 19.10 and I believe I am using heirloom mailx version ...
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When opening encrypted mails with Kontact/Kmail the subject is not decrypted
When I receive emails with Kontact/Kmail that are encrypted with OpenPGP I am not able to get its subject.
When I open then and provide the proper password the body gets decrypted fine, but the ...
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My gmail address suddenly appears as a mount point on PCmanfm
To whom it may concern, there appears to be absolutely nothing on the Internet about this problem as searches turned out nothing relevant, but I have a link to my email adress (as a mount point) under ...
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Email on shutdown - ubuntu server 18.04
I read all the questions that I have found, but I couldn't find the correct answer for my installation.
I have Ubuntu server 18.04 and I try to send an email when I power off or reboot my server.
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Ubuntu S-nail with Gmail- SMTP Unathorized SignIn
I am trying to use s-nail with gmail smtp server to send mail from my aws vps. With outgoing firewall being opened to 587, I believe the error I am getting is due to my gmail account not recognizing ...
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Thunderbird erases first part of email address when "@" is typed
When I attempt to type in an email address in the "To:" field in Thunderbird, the program erases the first part of the email address when "@" is typed. For instance, if I want to type in "person@...
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Cannot receive mail on Ubuntu Server 18.04
I have a home server running on Ubuntu Server 18.04. There are several devices in my home network. But my router is configured to redirect the incoming traffic on the ports 80 and 25 to the server (...
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ClamAV not Scanning for Viruses
Currently running Postfix, Amavis, Spamassassin, and ClamAV spam filter which sends to on site Exchange server. Running on Ubuntu Server 16.04 CLI. Everything works and sends mail to Exchange server ...
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How to send e-mail with attachment from terminal?
I'm new to Ubuntu. Can anybody help me about how to send emails from terminal?
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configuring thunderbird for imap access gmail ubuntu 19.10
I am doing all this on Ubuntu 19.10 in thunderbird default application which is installed with OS.
I am having problem in configuring thunderbird in VMware environment.
I am using VMware 15 ...
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Hotmail calendar not being added in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS?
When I add my accounts in the "Connect your data in the cloud" section, I usually get the mail, calendar, contacts, etc options for my gmail and exchange accounts. But when I go add my hotmail account ...
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Can anybody explain to me how to use Thunderbird's ability to use for vim?
The only editor I can use with ease is Mutt. It allows use of vim/gvim/ed/vi/nvi ...&c. Most email these days requires that
I use Thunderbird. I've found articles that explain how-to use T'...
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Ubuntu Server, Postfix, Localhost, Temporary Lookup Failure
I installed Ubuntu Server 18.04, installed Apache, MySQL, PhpMyAdmin, Postfix, Dovecot, Mailman, etc from the Ubuntu Server guide on Ubuntu Documentation website and I am getting this error when ...
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Unattended Upgrades email from address
I am ubuntu 19.04 and have found sSMTP no longer works properly and have switched over to msmtp and msmtp-mta for sendmail alias. I am in the process of getting unattended upgrades setup. It is ...
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Ubuntu, postfix, dovecot mail server cannot configure with Outlook or Thunderbird mail client
I have successfully configured my email server with digital-ocean ubuntu 18.04 LEMP droplet and everything work fine so far. I can send & receive email and also successfully configured with round-...
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Mail sent successfully but failed to be received
I tried to send mail to personal email
me@host:~$ mail -s "Sending a Tesing" [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
This is a testing mail.
The records :
me@host:~$ tail -n 15 /var/...
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Where to find the Evolution contacts files
I recently re-ïnstalled Ubuntu after having problems with the former Ubuntu-installation. To my surprise Mozilla Thunderbird was now installed as email program, instead of my former Evolution email ...
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Authorization error when using PHP mail function
I just noticed emails sent using a contact form in wordpress wasn't delivering and then I checked the mail log and found the following error:
Authorization failed (535 Authentication failed: Bad ...
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Dead references in services list
This question is a follow up to
Strange symbols in front of suspicious services
I have the following are dead service references om my AWS EC2 instance that is running as an email exchange for my ...
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