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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.

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Centos : mailx not sending emails

I have a centos server which I am trying to configure for mailx. I have installed mailx using yum install mailx All seems to have installed correctly. I am now attempting to send a test email using the following... echo 'this is a test'|…
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In a linux-based email server, how can one prohibit SMTP/IMAP/POP connections from clients while still using Webmail (Roundcube)?

With a fully functioning linux-based email server (running postfix/Dovecot) how can one disable the ability to connect to SMTP/POP3/IMAP with external mail clients (or telnet, etc) while still (and only) using Roundcube webmail (that is, a local…
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Where does returned mail go

I'm sure it's probably dependent on the mail server, but in general when an email is rejected is it sent back to the email address in the "From" address or the "Reply To" address?
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Viability of private mail server

I own a domain whose MX record up until now pointed to a commercial mail server where I had an account for the domain; that was the only account, call it me@myplace. I now need to add some email accounts, so I set up a mail server of my own and…
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Postfix doesn't require authentication for local emails?

I've got a Postfix/Courier mail server (Authenticated with SASL/MySQL) all according to this tutorial. I'm currently running my server on Debian 6, it is a VPS. It works well as far as I can see but I can't seem to require authentication for inbound…
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Dovecot configuration error (Permission denied) - Email for root

I have setup a local user called postman and logged into it using Thunderbird (IMAP). Following is being shown in the mail error log. Dec 14 23:45:18 ams1 dovecot: lda(root): Fatal: Invalid user settings. Refer to server log for more…
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How to get different Received: from headers from each domain using Postfix Virtual Domain Hosting?

We have try to configure Postfix for multiple domain with dedicated IPS. When I am sending mail from different domain webmail then header show same local or main domain name. For all domains: Received: from control.yourdomain.com (ns1.domain.com.…
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Is it best practice to have mail sent from the root domain when the service is accessed via a subdomain name?

Running an outward facing server for contractors who's hostname is sub.example.com. The service needs to send mail to the contractors for various reasons (new projects, login details, etc). I have no intentions on making this machine an smtp server,…
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MSSQL Database Mail Log is flooded with errors (20-30 per second) when mail server goes down

We're using SQL Server 2005. Every so often our mail server goes down, and when this happens, as soon as our SQL code tries to send dbmail, the Database Mail Log has an item which looks like this: Date 12/9/2013 07:38:05 Log Database…
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Mail Service requires reboot every few days

I'm kind of new to postfix so am hoping someone can point me up the obvious here I have a Postfix working as SMTP server and everything is fine for a few days. Then without warning or apparent reason i can't send mail anymore. Checking the mail.log…
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Team Foundation Server 2008 Email Notifications - Error TF50282

I'm trying to get our current install of Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2008 to properly send Alerts and Email Notifications. The main issue that I'm running into is this error: TF53010: The following error has occurred in a Team Foundation component…
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Exchange 2010 530 5.7.1 Client was not authenticated from some MTAs

I have a strange issue on an Exchange 2010 Version: 14.03.0158.001 (latest to date). The receive connector is set up correctly, with anonymous users checked, but still, I can receive mail from some servers (like gmail and some hosts I have access…
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How can I reliably deliver monitoring system alerts?

Like many people, I use a Zabbix system to monitor my servers. If there's a problem with one of my servers, Zabbix will send a message to the email address of my choosing. (Many - most? - monitoring systems work this way.) When an alert happens, I'd…
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postfix Temporary lookup failure NOQUEUE: reject

I get an error and don't know how to fix it. Sending is working alright. This is my /var/log/mail.log: Oct 26 17:15:23 pikachu postfix/smtpd[16360]: connect from mail-ee0-f51.google.com[74.125.83.51] Oct 26 17:15:24 pikachu…
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Translating return receipts and postmaster messages

I was wondering if it is possible to translate postmaster message (return receipts, notifications, etc), or at least customize them. I ask this because my users (too) often call me in order to know what is the meaning of messages, and whether their…
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