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| Posted by FliP0x, 01-22-2016, 01:19 PM |
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Hello.
I'm running a Wordpress site on a VPS, and in order to send system e-mails and receive e-mails from users, I obviously need a mail server.
There are quite a few tutorials out there. However, the installations requires to enter the FQDN, and in this case I don't want the mail server to overwrite access instead of my actual website (because I had such experiences when I once installed a control panel that was supposed to be located at panel.domain.com, but it took over the entire domain).
How would I install a outgoing and incoming mail server without breaking access to my website?
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| Posted by NixUser, 01-22-2016, 01:26 PM |
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Why don't you install Postfix server.
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| Posted by FliP0x, 01-22-2016, 01:58 PM |
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I would like to. However, as stated above, I am not sure if it will override my website If I enter my domain name as FQDN during Postfix installation.
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| Posted by MightWeb-Greg, 01-22-2016, 02:04 PM |
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Can you just backup your website and install the email part if you're just that worried about it?
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| Posted by FliP0x, 01-22-2016, 02:42 PM |
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Could you direct me to proper tools or guides? Because I have moved wordpress sites before, and it always caused headaches because something would not work. Mostly it is not even the website in question, but some VPS configuration.
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| Posted by NodeBlade, 01-22-2016, 03:51 PM |
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Are you worried about postfix deleting your content? It doesn't install anything to the web directory.
For a tutorial, just google "install postfix [operating system]"
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| Posted by FliP0x, 01-22-2016, 04:31 PM |
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I'm worried about Postfix replacing my website with a webmail or something else if I install Postfix with FQDN as domain.com and not something else, for example email.domain.com.
I didn't mean that Postfix would delete content or files, but rather redirecting the domain to a webmail.
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| Posted by aapkaweb, 01-23-2016, 03:08 AM |
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Another thought - have you considered using an external SMTP/mail provider like SparkPost or Postmarkapp? Depending on your email volume - these services are free or cost next to nothing. And, you don't need to worry about maintaining your own mail server.
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| Posted by FliP0x, 01-23-2016, 06:45 AM |
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I tried Google SMTP, but out of countless attempts I only managed to get 1 e-mail sent. I would also like to use my domain name for my e-mails.
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| Posted by aapkaweb, 01-23-2016, 11:13 AM |
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We have been using Postmarkapp for quite some time. It is fairly easy to setup and it sends emails out with your own domain name. You just need to remember to setup appropriate SPF and DKIM records (and the system tells you what entries to add to your DNS records and validates if you have done so correctly). Probably worth revisiting - basically it saves you the headache of maintaining and securing your own email server.
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| Posted by BigWillyStyle42, 01-23-2016, 10:24 PM |
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Postfix does not include a webmail interface. If you wanted one you'd need to install your own.
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| Posted by FliP0x, 01-24-2016, 06:57 AM |
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So the only reason Postfix requires to enter a FQDN is so it can use it as a name to send and receive e-mail?
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| Posted by BigWillyStyle42, 01-24-2016, 09:50 AM |
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Correct. If you want your email to be accepted by anyone, there are some minimum requirements:
FQDN must resolve to your IPReverse DNS on your IP should be the FQDN (or something that resolves back to your IP)
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| Posted by FliP0x, 01-24-2016, 10:00 AM |
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My Domain is pointed to my VPS per nameservers, so I suppose that is enough.
So under FQDN I should rather enter my IP than domain.com?
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| Posted by NodeBlade, 01-25-2016, 01:24 AM |
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FQDN should be domain.tld.
The other user was saying that the reverse DNS from the FQDN should resolve to your server ip. You can check it with the tool below.
http://www.whatsmyip.org/whois-dns-lookup/
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| Posted by HWH-Jessica, 01-25-2016, 03:55 AM |
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For example, if your hostname is server.domain.com and your IP is 1.2.3.4 , then RDNS on 1.2.3.4 should point to server.domain.com and the forward DNS on server.domain.com should point to 1.2.3.4
If you are not sure, I would recommend getting help from your support team or hiring a sysadmin to do the task
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| Posted by FliP0x, 01-26-2016, 06:52 AM |
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Got it to work, thank you for the support.
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| Posted by woodben596, 01-26-2016, 08:26 AM |
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You can even install a SMTP plugin to send emails from a remote smtp server. That is recommended cause your provider might not allow to send mass messages. SMTP service is even recommend cause one my friend able to deliver all messages in Inbox not spam folder.
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