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.

Get a basic mail server running using Postfix as the mail transfer agent (MTA). We may earn from vendors via affiliate links or sponsorships. This might affect ...

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> ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...