The server configuration of email, including POP3, SMTP, IMAP, and popular server software packages that control email.
The server configuration of email, including POP3, SMTP, IMAP, and popular server software packages that control email.
Questions tagged [email]
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no signing table match in OpenDKIM
I have OpenDKIM installed on CentOS. I am using postfix as MTA and dovecot for IMAP/POP3.
Now the problem is am trying to setup DKIM for my domain. The mails are send from a sub domain mail.example.com. The issue is that mails are not being signed…
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Microsoft is blocking mail from entire netblock. ISP doesn't know what to do?
I recently moved a client from basic T1 service to a multi-site MPLS solution with same vendor. The ISP, XO Communications, provided a decade of stable service as a T1 provider. The process of moving to the MPLS was a bit rocky and involved an IP…
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How to edit bad word filter in SpamAssassin?
How can I add several custom "bad" words into SpamAssassin, so emails that contains that words are marked as a spam?
UPDATE
one of the keys is to edit file /etc/mail/spamassassin, and to add badword filter as described on…
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Exim: Change sender address when sending mails out of local network
We have a working exim setup at a site, where users can send and receive mails. We are trying to setup a server to send some warnings and errors using email to an address that is outside the local network.
The problem is:
The program that sends the…
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Backup Solutions for Exchange 2007
What Backup solutions do people use for Exchange 2007? In particular i'm interested in those that allow a mailbox level backup, so that individual mailboxes can be restored.
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E-mail notifications of SVN commits
Do you have any recommendations for a relatively turn-key SVN checkin notification system?
I'm looking for something that allows a summary of repository files changed and the contents of the actual diffs to be sent to all members of a development…
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How do I configure SPF for multiple domains on a server? (also allowing gmail as a sender)
SPF (Sender Policy Framework) seems like a good way to combat spammers/spoofing.
However, despite reading the explanations several times, I'm not quite understanding how to configure it correctly.
Let's say I have my server at a.x.com which hosts…
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Recommendations for SMTP services for massive mailing
What is the recommendations for SMTP services for massive mailing?
Let me clarify, most of the free SMTP services (Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, etc...) has limits about the amount of messages you can send in a day.
Gmail, for instance, only allows you to…
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How can I route some emails to a script in Postfix?
How do I route all emails directed to user-*@example.com (i.e. user-1234@example.com) to a pipe command in Postfix? The idea is to create craigslist-style anonymization by assigning dynamic email aliases to each user. I can't seem to find relevant…
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How do I audit user's mailbox actions performed via IMAP in Exchange 2010?
I read through the Technet article on Mailbox auditing but it seems to only be working for MAPI access.
I perform the following cmdlet to enable auditing of the owner:
> Set-Mailbox -Identity "Mr. Mel-Bin" -AuditEnabled $true -AuditOwner…
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Where are sendmail emails stored?
I am trying to build an autoresponder script for sendmail (no, I don't want to use a pre-built one yet), but I can't seem to find the location of received emails on my server. I have to specify that my configuration is not a default one.
I've looked…
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Export GFI MailArchiver e-mails for import into Exchange 2010 SP1 Personal Archiving
We have an existing installation of GFI MailArchiver 5 with several databases of archives (perhaps 100-150GB). The goal is to export each user's archived e-mail and then import it into Exchange 2010 SP1 Personal Archives. GFI has a tool to do…
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Dovecot, getting error: Mail access for users with UID 222 not permitted
When I attempt to login to my Dovecot IMAP server I get this error:
dovecot: imap(ec2-user): Error: user *theuser*: Couldn't drop privileges: Mail access for users with UID 222 not permitted
What is going on? HELP!
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Avoid creating backscatter on a Postfix forwarding server
I run a Postfix server that hosts a small, alias-based mailing list. Let's say people@myserver forwards to alice@someprovider and bob@someotherprovider. Now, alice@someprovider might use a more restrictive spam filter than I do.
When a spam mail…
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Easiest way to email file via command line in *nix?
What is the easiest - and preferably most portable - command I can use to email a single file as an attachment a *nix shell?
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