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Set up an email domain with Postfix and Dovecot

I am very new to the Linux world so please forgive me. I have a VPS running Ubuntu 12.10 x86 and I have installed Rails3, Nginx, Mysql and Passenger. All are up and running. I want to set up mail so ...
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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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Postfix error: Relay access denied

I can't send mail to external email addresses such as gmail. When I try to send a mail with telnet I get the following error: Trying 130.xx.xx.128... Connected to mydomain.com. Escape character is ...
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“IPv6 support is disabled” warnings

I get the error while running a script which tries to send emails. send-mail: warning: inet_protocols: IPv6 support is disabled: Address family not supported by protocol send-mail: warning: ...
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Sender based redirection on Postfix

I'm running postfix on Debian, receiving email for my.com, and I would like all incoming emails from sender.com to be delivered to jack@my.com, regardless of the original recipient. Emails from other ...
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Which name should be used for myhostname in Postfix's main.cf?

For #myhostname, I should uncomment and put my hostname, i.e. the name I gave my VPS, right? Or does it just go myhostname = mydomain.net, in other words don't edit the phrase 'myhostname' except to ...
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CNAME: Mail address gets rewritten

I have a problem with receiving mails. I do not know if my server or the server of the sender is wrong configured. I have a domain daniel-marschall.de which has following DNS RR: ...
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Force users to change email password every six months

I'm going to build an experimental mail server with Postfix + Dovecot and Mysql for user accounts. The server will offer SMTP + POP3 + IMAP. Is there a way to force users to change their mail account ...
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why is FQDN using external IP address

When postfix connects to the FQDN dur.bounceme.net it uses the external IP address: root@dur:~# root@dur:~# tail /var/log/mail.log Aug 28 04:39:45 dur postfix/master[6667]: terminating on signal 15 ...
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Add header to outgoing email with postfix

Can someone please provide an example on how to add a Precedence: bulk header to all outgoing emails using postfix. I would like to know what file(s) to create or edit and what I should put ...
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Postfix Configuration - different servers for subdomains and domain

I have a following setup: 1 postfix server: a.example.com that needs to accept all emails for any subdomain on example.com (*@*.example.com) and delivers to mailman account and also send emails to any ...
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Setting up SMTP-AUTH & TLS in Postfix

So I have been in the process of installing a Postfix Server on my CentOS 6.2 Virtual Private Server. I have been following this tutorial: ...
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Postfix configuration - keep the envelops

I have a postfix server that delivers mail and send a copy of the outgoing mail to a second server for content analysis using the following configuration (addresses and IPs have been replaced): ...
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Check & filter outgoing mails in Postfix

I am looking for a way to check outgoing mails with rules like : mails sent to a particular domain mails sent without subject or with a specific subject mails with an attachment of a certain size ...
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How to create Maildir directory with enough permissions for Postfix?

I have CentOS 5.5 with Postfix installed on it. I want to use local delivery agent with default setting, but I want it to store mail with Maildir directory style mailboxes. When I set the mailboxes ...
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Locating mail users and setup for RT

We have an AD where I work which handles usernames/email, authentication etc and all the rest. I've been trying to find our 'support' email address on there but soon realised that it exists not on ...
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Postfix: Forward/Reroute mails with unknown recipients

I'm running a postfix/dovecot mail server and everything works quite well. What I want to do now is forward all mails with a recipient that does not have an entry in the local recipient table, to ...
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Postfix SMTP rejects mails from one client, but accepts mails from another [closed]

I have the following problem: My mailserver (running postfix, dovecot, spamassassin) works fine with thunderbird; however, trying to send mails with Android (K-9) or Evolution, even with the exact ...
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postfix queue file write error only when sending emails from smartphone

This might sound weird, but the thing is, that I cannot send emails from my smartphone even though it works from my desktop email client. I double-checked that the smtp settings are correct. This is ...
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Where does postfix store email?

I can't find any documentation on how postfix stores email. Where is it stored, and in what format? I'm using Ubuntu server 11
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Mail send to my domain ends up in local inbox instead of exchange server

I'm running a MediaWiki install under Ubuntu Server 10.10. I have configured it to use the standard php mail() function with my local mail delivery agent (postfix). The mail gets sent from the ...
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configure postfix to accept mail from two WANs

I have a mac server but my question has long left the realm of the GUI. My last hope is a unix forum. I have a cisco router with two WAN ports. The mac uses postfix 2.8.3. I have correctly ...
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postfix doesn't respond on 25 from external server

I am trying to set up postfix with dovecot. I can telnet to localhost 25 and send a message to accounts on the server. However, when I try to telnet to port 25 on this server from another server I ...
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How to send mail from a remote SMTP host?

I have Postfix suite installed locally on Ubuntu 10.10. I can send/receive mail to my local address, e.g. user@local.com. I'm given credentials to a remote mail server mailbox, e.g. ...