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48 lines
850 B
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# Terminology
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|MTA | Mail transfer agent |
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|POP3| Post Office Protocol 3 |
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|SMTP| Simple Mail Transfer Protocol|
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|IMAP| Internet Message Access Protocol|
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There are a number of Linux e-mail agents - postfix, sendmail, exim (insecure) and qmail (dead).
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# Programs
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> sudo apt-get install postfix mailutils
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This will register your domain in the /etc/postfix/main.cf file.
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# Internal Mail
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> sendmail -t roach-1
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Write a message and stop composition with Ctrl+D.
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The mail is kept in /var/mail/ and you can read it with:
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> mail
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# Aliases
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Aliases are groups of mail recipients. The lists are kept under /etc/aliases.
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`crew: matthewlynas@gmail.com,ghost,danial@yahoo.com`
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Update the list of aliases from this with:
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> sudo newaliases
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Then you can:
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> sendmail -t crew
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... and send to the whole crew.
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View pending e-mails using:
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> mailq
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