Re: Need help installing postfix on my home server
Stephen Gregory <[email protected]>
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Chuck Short wrote: > dpkg-reconfigure postfix Chuck's short answer is generally correct but could use some explanation. Postfix can be configured so that all mail is kept locally, delivered to Internet addresses via another server (smart-host), or delivered to Internet addresses directly. Home users generally want option 1 or 2. Rob if you want the alerts sent to your gmail address you probably want to configure Postfix in a sattelite configuration similar to the one described in the article linked below. Although I would set the listen address to 127.0.0.1, and set the Postmaster option to your gmail address. http://braiden.org/?p=15 You may also want to read the first three parts of this Ubuntu article: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PostfixBasicSetupHowto Ignore the Install and configure options. It assumes you want to run a mail server to receive email from the Internet. Email routing is incredibly flexible. If there is something else you hand in mind for you email alerts post to the list. I don't run postfix but lots of people do and should be able to help you out. -- sg -- OCLUG general discussion list [email protected] http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/oclug