Sending an Email Using Telnet
Whether you're just setting up your server, or testing your configuration, Telnet is a great tool to send emails through a terminal. This guide will explain how to do it.
Mail Server
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Setting up a mail server is a complex, but ultimately rewarding process. If you’ve got your own domain, you can have a practically unlimited number of email addresses with little fuss, giving a degree of flexibility you wont get elsewhere.
Take a look at our tutorials to get your mail server set up and secured.
Guides:
How to Pass SpamAssassin Checks with Your Emails
This article will explain a few commonly triggered SpamAssassin filters, and how you can avoid them.
Protect Your Email Domain with SPF
Protect your email domain from spoofing by adding an SPF record. This guide will show you how it's done.
Sign Outgoing Emails using DKIM
DKIM is a useful feature designed to prevent email spoofing, protecting your email domain. Here's how you can set it up on your email server.
Using OpenDKIM with Postfix
Once you have OpenDKIM set up, you'll want to connect it to your MTA to sign outgoing emails. Here's how you can use it with Postfix.
How To Test Your Email Server Configuration
Testing your email server is vital if you want to avoid blacklists, and ensure your emails reach an inbox. Here's how to do it.
Installing and Configuring Postfix
Postfix is a mail transfer agent, used to both send and receive emails on your server. This guide will go through a basic Postfix setup.
Why You Should Set Up Your Own Mail Server
Setting up an email server can be a complicated, but rewarding task. Here's why you should give it a go.
How to Match Your Sending Domain with a Reverse DNS Record
Matching your sending domain with your rDNS is important to ensure your messages are accepted by the receiving mail server. It's often overlooked, but this guide shows you how it's done.
Configuring Your Router to Run an Email Server
Forwarding the correct ports is a requirement to hosting a web server. This article explains which ports to forward, and how to test them.
What To Do If Your ISP Has Blocked Port 25
SMTP port 25 is often blocked by ISPs, preventing the use of a locally hosted email server. Here are a few ways to get around this.
Setting Up Your Mail Server DNS Records
DNS records route traffic to your web server. They're a vital part of your mail server setup. This guide will explain how to set them up.
Setting Up DMARC on Your Email Server
DMARC is another feature that helps to protect your mail server. Here's how you can set it up.
Changing Your Email Sender Name
Giving your emails a recognisable sender name is an important step to ensuring your recipient reads your email. This article will show you how to set up your sender name.
Adding SSL to your Postfix Email Server
Adding an SSL certificate to your Postfix configuration encrypts emails sent from your server. This guide takes you through the process.
How to Fix Dovecot ‘Address Family Not Supported by Protocol’ Error
This guide will show you how to fix a Dovecot 'Address Family Not Supported by Protocol' error.
Adding Email Aliases to Postfix
Sometimes, you might want to add email addresses to your server, without setting up new mailboxes. This article explains how to set up Postfix aliases to achieve this.