This tag is used when the question is about real mail. Such as asking how to get a copy of Ubuntu in the mail. If you have questions regarding email, please use the the email tag.
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Unity mail sound notification not playing after re-installing Ubuntu 13.04
It was working great just a couple of days ago on a previous install, also 13.04. Everything is the same, not sure why it isn't working.
Under options, "Play sound on message receive" is switched on
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How do I update alternatives to use sendmail?
this is an expansion of my question: Linux mail command not working like it used to which I would considered answered but I need a little more clarification.
In my previous question I learned that ...
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Linux mail command not working like it used to
I was using the following mail command in my crontab to which worked flawlessly until we re installed our mail server last Friday:
echo "Testing 123" | mail -s "ECS PostDate Processed" ...
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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 do I make exim4 be able to send e-mail to gmail on 12.04?
I don't mean through another SMTP, this will be a stand-alone "internet" configuration. In fact it is already running and sending e-mail but gmail doesn't accept e-mails because it thinks my server is ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 Unity Mail
I added account to Unity Mail and added it to the launcher. It still doesn't make any sound or notification if email arrives (I changed the settings and I know it's correctly connected to gmail, ...
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Deferred: Name server host name lookup failure (smart host)
am using the sendmail to send an email and configure it as the following :
/etc/mail/sendmail.mc
define(`SMART_HOST',`smtp-server')dnl
define(`RELAY_MAILER_ARGS', `TCP $h 587')
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How to mark notifications about failed jobs sent by CRON
In previous CRON versions when cronjobs failed to run you would get an e-mail in /var/mail/user. This e-mail would contain a line like this:
Subject: Cron script.py # JOB_ID_2 (failed)
But CRON ...
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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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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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mail log full of failed attempts to send to local users
I am newbie in Ubuntu and Unix in common and I have a question about mail. I did setup sendmail on my server. Emailing to user form php scripts working fine, but in /var/etc/mail.info log I see a lot ...
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cant find mail notifaction thing in the right upper corner
Hello all. I'm wondering why I cant find my ubuntu mail notification in the upper right corner. I lost it and I'm a noob on linux ubuntu so please be detailed on how to get this thing back to the ...
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Set hotmail account in Unity Mail
I've been googling for quite some time but nowhere have I found a way to set a hotmail (windows live) account for Unity Mail. In preferences, under server data, I don't know what to put in the host / ...
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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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Use domain as an email?
I have a Ubuntu Server running Apache2, PHP5, PHPMyAdmin, mySQL and OpenSSH. I have a domain name that uses (A Record) to point to my routers IP. Basically I want to have support@domain.com so that ...
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Replacement of all features of Outlook 2010
I'm searching a real replacement of Outlook 2010 and easy2sync for Outlook for mails, schedule and contacts, but I need to synchronize mail by mail and not only the whole file between a desktop and a ...
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Mozilla thunderbird is not showing my emails correctly
My email client Thunderbird does not show my emails completely, even the messages that I write down on my composer when trying to send a new mail. What can I do to solve this problem? Attached ...
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setting a username and password on SMTP
I just setup a mail sending using exim. I tested and it works. However, it seems that even if I don't put username and password of SMTP server on PHPMailer field the sending of mail works. How can I ...
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Local system mail and command line mail through gmail
I have a bit of an odd question that I'm having trouble solving, I've had a good search around, but can't seem to find something related online. My aim is:
System mail for root is forwarded (I guess ...
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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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Simple mailserver setup, no db needed, one domain, no local users wanted
I'm looking for a very simple, secure and straightforward mail-setup. I have a domain and want to catch and send mail for several email-accounts but all are only used by myself only. No web frontend ...
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How can I delete a mail account in Thunderbird?
I missed one letter of my user name for my mail when add an account to Thunderbird. My mail is reachable in webmail with my browser, but is unreachable in Thunderbird.
How do I delete an email ...
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How do I manually insert my signature in Thunderbird in Ubuntu?
How can I manually add my signature in Thunderbird ?
I have set up my Thunderbird signature and it works perfect on my new messages and replies and forwards. But , sometimes I need to edit the ...
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Backup and restore mailboxes
I need to backup all mailboxes on existing Ubuntu Server 10.10 installation and then recover them back on Debian 6.
Is it possible? How to achieve this?
I do believe that all mail is managed by ...
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sending e-mail with my ip using wget
I have a computer that every 5 hours change is IP
I want to make a script that will run every hours with this command -
wget -q -t 5 --output-document=- ...
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PHP mail() with ssmtp
I have a very peculiar problem... I have a Ubuntu Server 12.04 with LAMP installed and ssmtp installed and configured properly... Now I can send mails from my terminal with and without sudo. This ...
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Mail attachment in eml sent from Thunderbird not opening in MS Outlook
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 with Thunderbird Mail client 13.0.1 , but when I am sending some mail attachment in .eml format, its not opening in MS Outlook in Windows?
Though through Ubuntu 11.04 it is ...
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Moving Thunderbird mails from Ubuntu to Windows (Thunderbird)
I currently have an Ubuntu work machine, where I'm using Thunderbird as my mail client. How can I export my mail/contacts/etc. to a Windows machine, that is also running Thunderbird.
I know that ...
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how to use ubuntu desktop as a mail server?
I'm a open source web developer and I'm just using ubuntu 11.10 x64 desktop version as my web server by installing PHP MySQl and Apache 2. I mainly use PHP to send email from my web server. But I wish ...
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Xubuntu Mail Watcher (XFCE Plugin) Won't Connect To IMAP
I am trying to get the XFCE Mail Watcher panel plugin to check my IMAP mail, but it won't connect to my server. I have entered the details correctly -- they're exactly the same as those I use in ...
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How can I configure Postfix to send all email through my Gmail account?
I'm trying to send an email through Google from my localhost.
(via PHP5.3)
But Google keeps on blocking my requests.
I tried to follow the solutions given to a few similar questions, but for some ...
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Unity Mail handling multiple accounts
I've configured Unity Mail so it monitors 2 email accounts (say, Gmail and Mail.ru). It correctly notifies me about new messages, but when I click on an unread message it either redirects me to Gmail ...
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MailServer that doesn't store any data outside database?
Question:
Is there any OpenSource (MIT/BSD/LGPL license) mail server that doesn't store any of its data (except database connection string/sql query scripts) outside a database ?
I looked at ...
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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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Thunderbird systray icon doesn't open thunderbird
My situation:
Ubuntu 12.10 full updated
Unity
Thunderbird with autostart at system startup
Add-on: Minimize on start and close (to close Tb with ESC and make TB starts in notify bar)
Compiz ...
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Changing default domain in mailutils
I have installed mailutils on Ubuntu 12.10 and I have run into a problem where the domain being attached is the fully qualified host and not just the domain. For example,
mail user2 [enter] then ...
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Thunderbird and GMAIL Connection Error
In morning Thunderbird was working fine and in evening it started displaying annoying message that it can't connect to my gmail account. Although Im able to access my account through web interface but ...
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PHP Mail Function User Restrictions? [closed]
I have multiple sites on this server, under two different users. On one, the mail function is working how I intend -- actually emailing the subject. On the other, the email isn't going out (I'm not ...
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Weird postfix logs
At the mail.log this appears ~2 times per minute. I didn't care what they were, but now I want to find the reason.
Oct 2 20:27:02 sa-pd postfix/cleanup[31255]: 13A342CE301C: ...
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Postfix + Dovecot - not receiving mail in vmail directory
i have been spending countless hours on this and now i figured id come to the 'internet' for help.
I have installed a new install of postfix + dovecot + mysql.
Right now, i am able to receive email ...
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How do I remove the mail icon only in Ubuntu 12.04? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to remove the Mail icon indicator applet?
How do I remove that envelope icon from the menu bar?
So, I ONLY want to remove the mail icon, NOTHING else form my Gnome ...
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mailutils works only sometimes
I installed mailutils on Ubuntu 12.04 then sent some emails. All the emails to my work email address worked but I can't get any emails to work to yahoo, gmail or roadrunner accounts. Why does it ...
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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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Mail menu is empty after upgrade to ubuntu 12.04 [closed]
After upgrading to ubuntu 12.04, session menu and user menu were missing and the mail menu was empty.
I followed the directions in this thread and the session and user menus appeared. But the mail ...
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12.04 LAMP server php mail() [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to have my PHP Send mail?
I was running my website on a host, now I'm hosting it myself. After about a week I just noticed no mail functions are working whatsoever ...
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How to change my inbox name in Postler?
I've been trying to find out how to change my inbox names on Postler but haven't had any luck. I liked the simplistic look of Postler but the settings for the app is way too simple. I just want to ...
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connection refused on localhost 25 (apache James)
I was looking at a similar question, but all that I gather is that it could be a problem with the OS and not James precisely:
thufir@dur:~/apache-james-3.0-beta4$
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What is a lightweight mail client with facility for calender?
I need something that does repeat dates (like in outlook) so I can put my weekly schedule in and color code it. I have not found anything yet.
I used to use thunderbird for the mail side of things, ...
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Postfix Server - Wordpress
I have installed postfix on my Ubuntu server. I want it to send mail to my subscribers on the blog. I have installed the SMTP plugin for wordpress so its not using php mail. But any time anybody signs ...
