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Re: Secure email server setup

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On Sun 14 Jan 2018 at 12:49:46 -0500, rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:

> On Sunday, January 14, 2018 10:36:40 AM J.W. Foster wrote:
> > I am looking for a reliable step by step process for setting up an email
> > server located on an existing website server. I have installed;  exim4
> > light, dovecot, Thunderbird, OpenSSL, and TLS security. I have tried
> > following several bits of documentation regarding this with some success,
> > but as with every time I try this, I open up my system to SPAM at a
> > ridiculous rate. I want to eliminate that and get this mail server fully
> > operational. I am seeking a well-documented approach that I can follow. I
> > am using current Debian Stretch and the server is primarily a Mediawiki
> > system where I NEED  mail available. Any tips are appreciated. Thanks!John
> 
> Some clarification would help:
> 
>    * Do youi really need an email server on this machine, or do you just need 
> the capability to send and receive email?  I guess I'm not familiar enough 
> with Mediawiki--does it need an email server?
> 
> In my (old) installations of TWiki, the ability to send and receive email was 
> all I needed.

If you did not use a mail server, you were not *receiving* email but,
more than likely, *collecting* it.

-- 
Brian.

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Secure email server setup "J.W. Foster" <jfoster81747@yahoo.com> - 2018-01-14 16:40 +0100
  Re: Secure email server setup rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-01-14 19:00 +0100
    Re: Secure email server setup Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-01-14 20:30 +0100
      Re: Secure email server setup rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-01-14 22:50 +0100
        Re: Secure email server setup Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-01-15 00:20 +0100
          Re: Secure email server setup Alessandro Vesely <vesely@tana.it> - 2018-01-15 10:50 +0100
            Re: Secure email server setup rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-01-15 16:30 +0100
              Re: Secure email server setup Alessandro Vesely <vesely@tana.it> - 2018-01-15 19:00 +0100
                Re: Secure email server setup Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-01-15 20:00 +0100
                Re: Secure email server setup rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-01-15 20:10 +0100
                Re: Secure email server setup Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-01-15 22:10 +0100
                Re: Secure email server setup Henning Follmann <hfollmann@itcfollmann.com> - 2018-01-15 20:30 +0100
                Re: Secure email server setup rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-01-15 20:00 +0100
                Re: Secure email server setup Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-01-15 21:10 +0100
                Re: Secure email server setup rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-01-17 14:40 +0100
          Re: Secure email server setup Jonathan Sélea <jonathan@selea.se> - 2018-01-15 20:40 +0100
            Re: Secure email server setup Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-01-15 20:50 +0100
            Re: Secure email server setup Henning Follmann <hfollmann@itcfollmann.com> - 2018-01-15 21:00 +0100
              Re: Secure email server setup Jonathan Sélea <jonathan@selea.se> - 2018-01-15 21:00 +0100
                Re: Secure email server setup Henning Follmann <hfollmann@itcfollmann.com> - 2018-01-15 22:40 +0100
                Re: Secure email server setup Jonathan Sélea <jonathan@selea.se> - 2018-01-16 11:10 +0100
              Re: Secure email server setup Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-01-15 21:50 +0100
                Re: Secure email server setup Henning Follmann <hfollmann@itcfollmann.com> - 2018-01-15 22:30 +0100
                Re: Secure email server setup Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-01-16 20:00 +0100
  Re: Secure email server setup deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-01-14 19:50 +0100
    Re: Secure email server setup basti <basti@unix-solution.de> - 2018-01-14 20:10 +0100
      Re: Secure email server setup deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-01-14 22:00 +0100
  Re: Secure email server setup Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-01-14 20:30 +0100
  Re: Secure email server setup Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2018-01-14 21:20 +0100

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