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Procmail with Postfix and virtual mailboxes
I have setup a working SMTP, IMAP and POP3 server using Postfix and Dovecot. I have setup virtual mailboxes using the format /home/vmail/%d/%u, where %d is the domain (e.g. camilstaps.nl) and %u is ...
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network simulators to simulate a Mail server in Ubuntu 12.04
Im looking for a simulator that can simulate a mail server in ubuntu? I would like to see the working of a mail server
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bypass all email accounts through postfix server
I have a third party email service. I want to bypass all user emails to my linux mail server and need to keep backup of all sent and recieved emails.
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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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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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Send, but not receive email
I followed the tutorial:
http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect-server-ubuntu-12.04-lts-nginx-bind-dovecot-ispconfig-3
To configure my Ubuntu 12.04 VPS server, the mail server sending this email only but ...
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How can I use Ubuntu Server 12.04.2 LTS as a mail server to be able to retrieve emails using MS outlook as the client?
I want to create a mail server using Ubuntu Server 12.04.2 LTS, but need to be able to retrieve emails using MS outlook as the client.
I have a spare PC which I am going to install Ubuntu Server ...
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Postfix fatal: open lock file /var/lib/postfix/master.lock: cannot open file: Permission denied
I have recently installed postfix and while configuring the server have run into an issue. At one point I received the error from my syslog,
fatal: open lock file /var/lib/postfix/master.lock: cannot ...
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Installing Roundcube Web Server, gave date and time error while checking PHP configuration
Installing Roundcube Web Server, gave date and time error while checking PHP configuration. I am trying to configure the webamil using roundcube. Below is the details.
pop / smtp service is working ...
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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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Can't send emails from the terminal
I setup a basic email sending only server on my laptop using the following
sudo tasksel install mail-server
But for some reason I didn't get asked what kind of installation I want to do, i.e. a ...
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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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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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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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simple method to install a mail server
I am looking for a simple way to install a mail server on my Ubuntu server. I would like to be able to receive and send emails though a webmail (e.g. roundcube).
I have a domain name. The web server ...
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How should I configure my hostname to support forwarding MX records?
I have a server on 12.04.1 with ISPConfig3 and a few domains. Each of the domains forwards to my WAN IP which then forwards to my server on my local network. I am trying to get the MX records for ...
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how create a mail server on ubuntu server 12.04 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to setup a mail server?
I will create a mail server for a school i.
But i dont no how i create a mail server.
My server run ubuntu 12.04.
Can everybody help me?
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How do I fake an MX record for a domain?
I'm testing two mail servers that live on two (virtual) machines with made up domain names for emails. When one of the servers needs to send an email to the other one, it seemingly performs a DNS ...
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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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Setting up a mail server to send mail from IP
I have a fixed LAN IP, but no domain name. I'd like to be able to send emails within the LAN, and receive mails sent to my IP (user needs to send an email to username@10.xx.xx.xx). I've tried the ...
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What is the best way to migrate a Mail server?
I have a Plesk panel mail server with used hard disk space of 480GB out of a total of 900GB. I would like to migrate the plesk panel and data to a new server on raid 1 hard drives(600GB). The mail ...
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Getting notified of failed cron jobs
I'm concerned that cron jobs can fail silently for an indefinite period of time on vanilla Ubuntu Desktop 12.04.1 (Precise), and no one will notice. I would like to get a notification whenever a ...
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How do I install MailScanner on 11.10?
I'm attempting to add/install MailScanner to my ubuntu 11.10 desktop configuration running postfix. I tried installing the latest 12.04 LTS but it had neither MailScanner nor qpopper package, 11.10 ...
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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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Postifx and outgoing mail problem [closed]
I cannot send to gmail or shellmix.com email from my own email server however I can receive mail from all mail services.
Log details at http://pastebin.com/m10jGPfP
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Interesting problem with gmail/ipv6 and postfix [closed]
So i get really interesting problem when trying to use my own mail server to sent mail from
Look below for log:
Server mail log at pastebin.
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How/Can I use OUTLOOK in Ubuntu Mail Server? Thanks [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Exchange with Evolution or any other mail client
How/Can I use OUTLOOK in Ubuntu Mail Server?
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Cron not sending email notifications
I'm finishing biulding our new server, based on 12.04 32-bit desktop version. I've set up a few cron tasks, that are running as they're supposed.
only, I've added the MAILTO = ...
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cannot receive email on ubuntu email server
I setup the email server. I am able to send out mail but when I try to receive mail by sending an email to myself from another email, it doesn't work. The other email I receive a mailer-daemon and ...
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How do I set up a mail server on a Linode VPS?
i have a linode account and trying to setup an email server where i can send and receive email from my registered domain.
i typed this into shell:
sudo tasksel install mail-server
but what is the ...
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Setting up gmail for outbound mail development testing on localhost
Is it possible to setup sendmail and have it rerouted to send via POP/imap from a gmail account?
I'm trying to test a PHP web application / contact form and I would just like to test it locally.
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Mail Server not working?
I am trying to setup mail server since a long time but as I am new to Linux I have unsuccessfully configured it to the best as I could but now I need assistance.
I have installed it using the links ...
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How to change Helo Address?
Right now my Helo Address = localhost (helo=localhost). Is it better to set this to my server's domain name? If so, how do I change it? I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 and Postfix. Thanks.
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Setup DKIM (DomainKeys) for Ubuntu, Postfix and Mailman
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 with Postfix and Mailman. I want to set up DKIM. (DomainKeys Identified Mail, or DKIM is the successor to Yahoo's "DomainKeys". It incorporate's Cisco's Identified Mail).
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Setting up a remote mail server
I have an Ubuntu server running at a remote location which I log into with putty My dynamic ip is maintained using a NoIP account.
I am trying to learn about php dynamic websites and as a result I ...
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How do I install cyrus-sasl on 10.04 Server?
This indicates that there is a cyrus-sasl2 package, but it doesn't appear to be available in the repositories?
I need to install Cyrus SASL for use with postfix, not the Cyrus IMAP server.
How do I ...
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Is it safe to remove files in .Sent/cur directory of dovecot?
For unknown reasons the .Sent/cur folder of one of the users had grown up to 500 MB. Is it safe if I remove all the files of this directory? And why it had grown up so dramatically? Note, that this ...
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Identify mailserver running on remote box?
Hey guys I'm going through a hosting company that set up a mailserver and I am
trying to identify the mailserver (Postfix, Sendmail, Exim?) so I can set up a Monit
rule around it, but haven't had ...
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Exim PanicLog has Non-Zero Size…?
I'm getting the following error from my Ubuntu server:
exim paniclog /var/log/exim4/paniclog on (my server FQDN) has non-zero size, mail system might be broken.
I found a solution on the web here. ...
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How can I set up postfix without the need of a relayhost?
In /etc/postfix/main.cf I have [relayhost = smtp.someisp.no] and everything works fine. I have to use this relayhost since my ISP has closed port 25. My ISP tells me that if I dont want to use their ...
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How to send e-mail from Ubuntu server?
What I'm supposed to do is send emails from Ubuntu. The easiest way I have found is using Thunderbird and linking my real e-mail address (abc@hotmail.com) to Thunderbird account.
I can successfully ...
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How to install Zarafa on Ubuntu 11.10?
Does anybody know a got tutorial explaining how to install Zarafa on Ubuntu 11.10? Or does anybody know a good alternative? I would really like to have a easy administrable System providing all my ...
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Creating a mail server on Amazon EC2?
Does anyone know the latest AMI that has the preconfigured Postfix mail server on it, for use with a "micro" instance of Amazon EC2? I'm having trouble searching for a AMI instance using ElasticFox ...
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Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)
I have mailserver configure using dovecot+postfix+mysql and it was runnig fine in the server(Ubuntu Server). But during last week it stopped working correctly. It doesn't send email. When I try to ...
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Having a problem to send message to gmail from our mail server
We use Ubuntu Server and in a days I have installed and configured Postfix+Dovecot+MySQL as it is explained here. From that tutorial I escaped creating certificates and antispam application. Right now ...
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How do I undo a postconf command?
I was trying to setup spam filtering on Ubuntu server with postfix and dovecot already running. I issued the following command
sudo postconf -e 'content_filter = smtp-amavis:[127.0.0.1]:10024'
Now ...
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Web Mail client setup for postfix server
I have an Ubuntu server with postfix installed.
How can I set up a simple webmail package, so I can send email from a web interface to and from the local accounts and gmail?
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sendmail and local mail server?
For testing emails I don't want to actually send an email out (and can't anyway as ISP blocks port 25).
I have installed Sendmail, and what I want to do is install a mail server on the same pc that ...
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Dovecot does not receive emails - Connection refused
I try install Mail server on Ubuntu, I've installed dovecot server.
telnet localhost 110 - correct
telnet mail.domain.cz 110 - correct
When I send email:
echo "Testicek" | mail -s "Dovecot test" ...
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How to set up a mail server correctly?
I have read a number guides on setting up a mail server, but none of them seems to work completely.
My Requirements:
I want to send and receive mails to and from all domains. (i.e., ...
