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Can't delete system email

While running Postfix on an Ubuntu, I have acquired a number of test email in an account usr1, and now I want to delete them before starting other testing. However, every time I try to delete using ...
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Postfix header_checks

I want to forward a copy of the users email which has the specific subject. I have tried the below settings, able to Redirect that particular subject mail. But I want to forward a copy of that mail to ...
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Is there a way to store mail attachments outside of mailboxes?

Nowadays, size limits on mail attachments are less comprehensible by traditional users. I am looking for a way to extract mail attachments as simple files that I would be able to manage elsewhere. On ...
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Linux: Use maildir instead of mbox

Is there a way to use Maildir instead of mbox on a Linux box? On some websites, it is suggested to add to /etc/aliases: myuser: /var/mail/myuser/maildir I've issued the newaliases command, but it ...
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Server inbound email forwarding

I have been struggling to get this to work for a little while now so I have come in the hope of getting a wee bit of help. I am running redhat 6.3, and using the machine as a webserver. My question ...
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What software(s) should I install on new system(with Linux as a OS) to prevent it from getting hacked? [closed]

I am switching to new system with a OS using Linux.I will be using another system which has windows ultimate which is hacked.I am being cyber bullied. I have given a reference to this as a question on ...
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Can I make SSMTP to automatically set the “To:” header?

I'm using the ssmtp package to send e-mail via g-mail. Everything is working fine with it - the only strange thing is that if I send mail via the command line, the "to field" is funky. ssmtp ...
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Disabling email for an account

I have an amazon ec2 instance running ubuntu. There are only a couple of user accounts and the server is used to host a small web app. Apparently, by default, each user account has an email account. ...
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Is there a good way to encrypt and store a mailbox while still being able to quickly access and search it?

I am wondering if it is possible to : Store a mailbox in a way that the system administrator (ie: root) cannot see it User(s) with the valid credentials would be able to see it AND be able to search ...
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Setting mailman to reject message when max_num_recipients exceeded?

I'm trying to configure a mailman list I run to reject messages when max_num_recipients is exceeded, but instead it insists on putting the message into the moderation queue. I've searched for details ...
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What happens if I put these directories chmod 000?

I have this server I administer. I have some users that have email accounts on that server and use stuff like horde to read their emails on that server. The server have a limited space and these users ...
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Can I set up system mail to use an external SMTP server?

Is it possible to set up system mail on a linux box to be sent via a different smtp server - maybe even with authentication? If so, how do I do this? If that's unclear, let give an example. If I'm at ...
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sendmail command not working, huge delay, no errors, no delivery [closed]

I've set up sendmail on the virtual host I rent (Ubuntu 10.10 Linux 2.6.35-22-server) and I can't get it to work, or even see any error messages to give me a clue of why it isn't working. The only ...
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How to send the email which is sleeping in my queue list?

When i send email it sleep in my queue list. How can i send them out? (Fedora 15 distro). # mailq /var/spool/mqueue (2 requests) -----Q-ID----- --Size-- -----Q-Time----- ...
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Can I change root's email address or forward all mail to an external address?

I'm getting a lot of mail in my root user's mail account. This appears to be mostly reports and errors from things like cron scripts. I'm trying to work though and solve these things, possibly even ...
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Adding rules to my mail server

I need to add rules to my mail server. I need to bcc an email address on outgoing and incoming emails for certain email accounts. The first thing I need to do is to find out what mail server software ...
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Cloud Server: Which MTA (exim/postfix/etc.) on What OS (Linux/FreeBSD)

My company wants to migrate the current mail server into a Cloud Server Provider. The Provider is the IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) kind, not SaaS (Software as a Service). That means I have to ...
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A small challenge to familiarize myself with Linux

I would like to learn more about Linux. I briefly went through a few books and quite a few articles online, but the only way to learn something is to actually start using it. I would like to jump in ...