Postfix Question
Hi,
I recently switched my computer to Redhat 9. I want to set up a postfix email server. I have a few different domain names with multiple email address' associated with both. I have a dedicated ip address. How do I do this? Is there any documentation that can walk me through the precess? Tim |
A few destination domains or just domains your relay mail for?
man virtual will help you ... |
I'm not really sure what the difference between a destination domain and a domain I relay mail for is.
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what is man virtual?
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Destination domain = your server is the final destionation. Relaying, let's say you relay mail for debian.org then I can connect to your SMTP server and send mail to debian.org, your smtp server accepts my mail (since it's configured to relay for debian.org) and sends it to the MX record of debian.org
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Just run man virtual that's the man page of the "Postfix virtual domain mail delivery agent"!
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My Postfix configuration looks like that:
Code:
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You are going to hate me.
what is a virtual domain mail delivery agent? what is a man page? |
Just do man man and man virtual it answers your questions!
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I am denied access to /etc/postfix/main.cf
Do you know what that is all about? |
Switch to root (su - root) and try again!
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Usually root is the only person who can access /etc files. Make sure you are root, or another user who has access to it.
Cool |
As for a man page, you open up a terminal and type those commands:
man man man virtual And so on. They are manuals on whatever app you are looking up. Cool |
You have been very helpful.
I think I am the root. I typed su - root and nothing happened, I still can't access etc/postfix/main.cf |
To find out if you are actually root you can use the program whoami, at the prompt, after you type su -, type:
whoami And it will return which user you are, or root. If you are root, how are you trying to access the file? If you are trying to edit it, which editor? If you just want to view it, try using less: less /etc/posfix/main.cf HTH Cool |
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