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OpenSMTPD Configuration Problem
I'm trying to configure a simple mail server on OpenBSD 5.2, running OpenSMTPD 5.3.1, however there is some problem with my configuration file, and I'm unsure how to fix it. I can send and receive ...
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Recommendations for good MTA / groupware solutions?
I'm setting up a Debian server, and one of the things I need on it is an MTA. I don't want to use something like Exim or Postfix because I want something that ties in SMTP, POP3, and IMAP all in one ...
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How to limit the number of messages sent through a mail server?
I am running a small server on a LAN and do not expect more than a couple dozen emails an hour or so. A user on the LAN accidentally set off a few thousand emails at once. Is there a tool or setting ...
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How are email headers generated?
When you send an email a header is part of the message. For example, when you check your mail you can view the raw source and see the headers, which has information about the sender of email in it, ...
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fetchmail to log complete messages AND pass to mda
I couldn't seem to tell from the fetchmail man page or http://www.catb.org/~esr/fetchmail/fetchmail-man.html#7 whether --bsmtp <filename>.bsmtp.log, applied from cli/cronjob, and --mda ...
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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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msmtp alternative that understands /etc/aliases
I'm looking for a simple smtp daemon, that supports aliases (due to issues with daemons, that refuse to send emails to anyone else than root).
If you don't know msmtp, then basically, I just want to ...
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php mail not working in rhel server?
I have installed roundcube mail and when it tried to use installer which uses php mail it is loading for 5 to 10 minutes and then telling me 'ok' but no mail comes to me. smtp_port is 25 host is ...
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Is there a way to completely disable outbound opportunistic TLS support in SendMail?
CentOS 5.x
SendMail 8.14.4
An overzealous network security feature is causing TLS negotiations to fail when my Sendmail server tries to talk to external hosts. This is causing sendmail to constantly ...
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How do I email root?
I am on Debian squeeze and I'd like to forward my root emails to my real email. I setup exim to use gmail so when I write mail myname@myemail.com it sends to my email. However, now I'd like to email ...
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How to send non-local mail, with GMail(GApps) SMTP?
I have some (~3) Debian boxes, and I want to post system mail to my non-local mailbox. But I have a problem with configuring exim4. Also I don't like so much exim4's config. Too different, and also ...
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setting up mail system
So I'm still kind of new to linux, but what are the steps towards setting a linux box up in such a way that it can send mail using shell?
echo "hello world" | mail johnny@moo.com
I mean, I've done ...
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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. ...
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Changing SMTP authentication in mutt based on From e-mail address
I use mutt as my e-mail reader, and nbSMTP as my SMTP client. I check e-mail from a half dozen accounts and sort them into miscellaneous folders in my maildir. Some of the folders are ...
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Lightweight outgoing SMTP server
What do you use as a lightweight SMTP for outgoing e-mails only?
I am running an app that sends e-mails via SMTP when events occur once in a while, and I don't need a fully featured e-mail server.
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