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.

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> ...

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 ...

Since the early days of e-mail, maintaining my own e-mail server was a sort of indication of being in charge and staying technically fit. The technology involved in a project like this usually ...

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 ...

In the past, many SMBs were content to let their Internet Service Providers (ISPs) handle e-mail services. But now they're interested in running mail servers onsite, due to the widespread adoption of ...