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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SETUP for sending Mail via postfix to GMAIL
My knowledge of mail delivery systems is near ZERO
I have stand alone PC running UBUNTU 12.04 (no other OP systems)
I am developing a web system with PHP and want to send an email to users that have ...
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Thunderbird: Missing folders after restore
Before installing a new OS I tried to backup my Thunderbird by copying the .thunderbird directory.
To be on the safe side I tried to emulate the restore procedure on another machine. I copied the ...
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running a email server using iRedMail: why is cluebringer/policyd using nearly 100% cpu?
I'm setting up my own email server in hopes to move away from gmail, I hate the idea of someone at google having the ability to look through all my emails. I setup everything using iRedMail on my ...
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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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Thunderbird won't open after a fresh install of 12.04, how to fix?
When I try to open Thunderbird, it opens for 1 second and then force close.
I executed via terminal and I saw this:
/usr/lib/thunderbird/thunderbird-bin: symbol lookup error: ...
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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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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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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 to sync email client between ubuntu and windows for seamless use of mails and archives
I am looking for an email client which offers seamless integration of (offline) mails when used from linux (ubuntu 12.04) and windows 7. Being a windows user till now, I have been using Outlook and ...
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Send E-mail to printer automatically
forgive me if this is is covered in the FAQ. I am looking for a way to send a file/web page from my playbook or smart phone to a printer, with out using google cloud. I used unix many years ago and ...
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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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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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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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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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How to disable Postfix SPF from rejecting mail?
I am having an issue with Postfix and SPF that I can't seem to figure out. I have installed SPF for Postfix using the guide on this link (postfix-policyd-spf-perl).
However, I don't want Postfix or ...
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install dbmail or other e-mail database
I'm starting to use ruby to parse and store e-mails, but don't want to reinvent the wheel. I have a subset of e-mails, all in one account stored locally, which I would like to keep in a database.
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Evolution calender not opening
I installed evolution calendar from the software center. But the icon is not showing up in the apps menu in the dash. I've tried restarting after installing but its not coming.
Software centre : ...
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Need to send a simple .txt file to a couple email addresses
ive been trying to get this to work all night. mutt doesnt seem to work and I cant install mail or mailx packages because apt-get gives me errors about them not having installation candidate.
What I ...
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Several problems using Hotmail in Firefox using 12.04
After some initial problems we gained access to my Hotmail account. When we clicked on a download file link, for an attachment nothing happens. File print doesn't work either.
Saw some older possible ...
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Evolution email forgets all settings after reboot
My Evolution email client keeps forgetting all settings after a reboot or even a logout/login.
I have recently installed Ubuntu 12.04 on a new laptop. To move my Evolution settings and email over to ...
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I cannot attach pdf to emails
I downloaded Ubuntu 12.04 LTS two weeks ago and I have some problems. I cannot send pdf attachments with my email server. Why? Before with the old version it works very well. Please answer me without ...
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After upgrading to 11.10, there is no toolbar for evolution. Can I get it back?
After upgrading, from 11.04 to 11.10, there is no longer a toolbar for evolution. How can I get it back.
I am finding the adjustment to moving from 11.04 to 11.10 very difficult.
All of the advise ...
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How to setup an email server with smtp interface so my Java application can connect and send mail?
I am using ubuntu based server obviously.
I wrote a Java application. The application will send quite many html email to customers.
I want to set up a smtp email server, so my Java code can connect ...
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Cannot receive or send email from my email server (iRedMail) what do I do?
---System---
Acer Aspire One ZG5
CPU: Intel Atom N270
GPU: Intel 945GSE
RAM: 1.5 Gb
Swap: 1.5 Gb
Storage: 120 Gb
OS: Ubuntu 13.04 Raring 32bit
Hi,
I set up iRedMail for my email server however ...
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Gnu Mailutils configuration to directly operate on maildir?
I'd like to configure the GNU Mailutils mail program so that it operates on an already existing maildir directory.
Currently my mailutils.rc looks like this:
mailbox{
mailbox-pattern ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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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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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 ...
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Why does Thunderbird auto-response send inappropriate messages and attachments?
Hi I tried to set up an automated response in my message filters (in Thunderbird). It worked but as well as responding to new emails it also sent out a response to various contacts in my inbox ...
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Postfix Dovecot LDAP: user not found in local recipient table
I'm using Ubuntu 12.10 Server and have installed Postfix and Dovecot. I have an external LDAP Server for the auth.
I can receive Emails with IMAP, but when I try to send an Email I get the following ...
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Mail with “3 incorrect password attempts” after starting app with sudo
A strange thing: Always after I start an application which runs with root permissions (e.g. Synaptic), I get a mail titled SECURITY information for [hostname] telling me about "3 incorrect password ...
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Pulling the data out of an MSG file
I got an email which I believe is a forward from other guy. The email has an attached MSG file which I cannot open with Thunderbird.
Reading the MSG file with Emacs, I see there is a segment which ...
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Thunderbird/Evolution cannot connect Gmail while Postler can!
I tried many possible ways and the instructions given by Google and Mozilla. But my Thunderbird cannot access to my Gmail.
I need ipv6 access in order to reach Google. And I have my /etc/hosts full ...
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Check email using both a graphical and command line client
I generally use a graphical email client (Evolution), but I would like to be able to check my email from the command line as well.
I have experimented with Mutt, but I think it is not possible to ...
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Setting permissions to let postfix and PHP work in the same folder
I am trying to achieve something simple, but permissions are making it very difficult. Here is what I expect:
Postfix should drop all incoming e-mail from the xx domain (catchall) into the ...
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How can i hide winmail.dat in Evolution?
I have a problem with the Evolution e-mail program.
Since a while i get from certain people mails with the attachment winmail.dat.
I have installed the evolution-experimental-plugins package for the ...
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Integrating Postfix and Mailman
I've gone through the guide for mailman with some difficulty, but seem to be nearly there. I'm able to navigate to the mailman web GUI, create lists and subscribe. I just subscribe my local FQDN, so ...
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Trouble setting up Thunderbird/DavMail to Microsoft Exchange. I'm following DavMail instructions but it keeps saying my username/password is wrong
OK, I'm tried setting up pop and IMAP. I follow the directions to the T but I keep getting "incorrect username or password."
I reset my password (I don't have outlook right now) to something simple ...
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After upgrading Ubuntu: Mail notification doesn't work
After upgrading the previous version of Ubuntu to 12.04 LTS, the Mail Notification application (declared as startup application under unity; parameters of mail server are set well) does not return any ...
