Install and Configure a Postfix Mail Server | Linux Today

Install and Configure a Postfix Mail Server

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JW
Jack Wallen
May 20, 2010

” There are a number of reasons why you would want to set up
your own Linux mail server. You are in a company that has needs for
a more reliable mail solution than anything the competition has to
offer. Your company has a very limited IT budget and can’t afford
Exchange or the CALs involved. Or, maybe you just want to expand
your repertoire of Linux skills. Regardless of why, knowing how to
set up a mail server on a Linux machine is an important task any
Linux admin should know. And of course, in the spirit of all things
Linux, there are a number of ways you can go in order to get that
mail server up and running. Over the years I have found Postfix to
be one of the easiest to set up and most reliable to deploy in most
organizations.

“I have deployed Postfix servers in single-user environments and
up to three hundred user environments. It works like a champ no
matter the size. And in this article I am going to show you how to
get that Postfix server up and running in no time flat.”


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