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===== Installing The Postfix MTA ===== | ===== Installing The Postfix MTA ===== | ||
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Postfix is a popular and secure mail transport agent, or MTA. | Postfix is a popular and secure mail transport agent, or MTA. | ||
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Copy the package file to the target platform if necessary and install: | Copy the package file to the target platform if necessary and install: | ||
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- | ===== Configuring The Postfix MTA ===== | + | ====== Configuring The Postfix MTA ====== |
- | You should | + | |
+ | This page is supplemental to main article: [[howtos: | ||
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+ | You must become familiar with the [[http:// | ||
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+ | <note important> | ||
What follows is a minimum configuration to safely operate a virtual email server on the internet, but you will surely want to adapt it to your specific needs. | What follows is a minimum configuration to safely operate a virtual email server on the internet, but you will surely want to adapt it to your specific needs. | ||
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relay_domains = | relay_domains = | ||
+ | # We have no local users, so no local notifications # | ||
biff = no | biff = no | ||
- | append_dot_mydomain = no | ||
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</ | </ | ||
- | After creating the aliases file, you must use the postmap | + | After creating the aliases file, you must use the newaliases |
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This will create the file / | This will create the file / | ||
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[[howtos: | [[howtos: | ||
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+ | ====== Sources ====== | ||
+ | * Based primarily on [[http:// | ||
+ | * Originally written by [[wiki: | ||
{{tag> | {{tag> |