[ale] First time setting up mail server (postfix & dovecat)

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On 12/17/2013 10:02 AM, Adrya Stembridge wrote:
> I'm attempting to set up my trac installation to accept replies via email.   This is the first time
configuring a machine to receive mail, and I have a noobish question.  
>
> In postfix/main.conf I am asked to provide "myhostname", which the
examples show as 'mail.example.com <http://mail.example.com>'.   The
next config item is "mydomain", which the examples show as 'example.com
<http://example.com>'.
>
> I don't expect much inbound mail traffic.   Is it necessary to have a
subdomain for mail to be received?  If not, is there any gotchas with
having identical values for "myhostname" and "mydomain"?
>
> PS: I'm actually able to establish a connection to my server both
locally and remote using "telnet example.com <http://example.com> 143"
even though my "myhostname" value is 'mail.example.com
<http://mail.example.com>'.   The connection fails with "telnet
mail.example.com <http://mail.example.com> 143" since that subdomain is
not configured in DNS. 
>
> Thanks.
>

On a slightly different tangent, iRedMail [http://www.iredmail.org/] has
a nice webmin to help with your mail server.  I have a couple of these
running and like them.

Preston


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