So unfortunately, I've been tasked with setting up an Ubuntu server to send and receive email (amongst other things). My friend is hosting the Ubuntu VM on his box, but has only done limited setup.

Configure IT Quick: Set up a basic e-mail server with Postfix as the MTA Your email has been sent For all the apparent simplicity of e-mail, setting up a mail server is one of the most difficult ...

Unless you're a sysadmin you don't generally have to worry that much about getting email delivered, you just hookup your GUI email client to your external email account and you're done. But what if ...

This is weird, when i do a apt-get install postfix .... dpkg goes thru configuring and tries to add a user and group. <BR><BR>So it asks for a password two times (why, wtf, im root already)<BR> ...

Learn how to install a Postfix mail server that is based on virtual users and domains, i.e. users and domains that are in a MySQL database. The author also demonstrates the installation and ...

Build Your Skills: Block spam at the server with these Postfix techniques Your email has been sent Explores some of the principles of configuring Postfix to accept or reject messages before they ever ...

I talk about mutt a lot in this column, if you hadn't noticed. For me, in this day and age of large graphical mail programs and Web-based mail applications, you still can't beat the speed, power and ...