Why use both Dovecot and Postfix? [duplicate]

This question already has answers here: Why use Dovecot AND Postfix/Sendmail? [closed] (2 answers) Closed 6 years ago. Just out of curiosity, there are dozens / hundreds of tutorials helping you setup a Dovecot – Postfix mail server. On the surface, both of them are email servers, why use both? Mail servers are complicated enough, … Read more

How to host mutiple mail server on single IP address? [closed]

Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Server Fault. Closed 5 years ago. Improve this question I have a setup of multiple mail servers on my LAN. For example i have two machines where machine A handles mails for … Read more

Dovecot configuration file errors [closed]

Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Server Fault. Closed 1 year ago. Improve this question /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-master.conf: error message: doveconf: Fatal: Error in configuration file /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10- master.conf line 82: Unknown setting: service { service { service What do I … Read more

POP download from now on [closed]

It’s difficult to tell what is being asked here. This question is ambiguous, vague, incomplete, overly broad, or rhetorical and cannot be reasonably answered in its current form. For help clarifying this question so that it can be reopened, visit the help center. Closed 9 years ago. Is it possible to configure options on email … Read more

Ubuntu Mail Server: create default mail folders [closed]

Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Server Fault. Closed 7 years ago. Improve this question Now I have the mail server working IMAP mode. I’m interested in configure the mail server in order to set default mail folders … Read more

Postfix: How to secure port 25? [duplicate]

This question already has answers here: SMTP-AUTH required for local domains? (3 answers) Closed 6 years ago. How can I secure port 25 in postfix/dovecot? Right now, I can send internal email through telnet without login. For example: telnet mydomain.com 25 MAIL FROM:<me@mydomain.com> 250 2.1.0 Ok RCPT TO:<you@mydomain.com> 250 2.1.5 Ok Right now, everyone can … Read more

Postfix 3.1.0: how to prevent anonymous users from sending mail [closed]

Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Server Fault. Closed 4 years ago. Improve this question OS: Linux Ubuntu 16.04 Postfix version 3.1.0 Dovecot version 2.2.22 The situation We have mail system based on Postfix + Dovecot on server … Read more

How to find old email accounts in imap? [closed]

Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Server Fault. Closed 7 years ago. Improve this question I have a webmail with 90.000 imap accounts I’m trying to delete old email accounts (for example : accounts that has not been … Read more

Unable to send mail using email client via my mail server

I have a mail server setup on Ubuntu 10.04 using postfix and dovecot. I can receive emails on email client like thunderbird, but I can send emails using the same client. Below is the postfix config file main.cf # See /usr/share/postfix/main.cf.dist for a commented, more complete version # Debian specific: Specifying a file name will … Read more