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Is there an email address equivalent of “/dev/null?”

I'm searching for an equivalent of a sinkhole email address. Essentially, I need a discard mechanism similar to /dev/null or the non-routed range 240.0.0.0/4. Options like null@, devnull@, or none@ seem plausible, but there's a concern that these…
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What is the best MTA setup for a home/laptop computer (*not* server)?

What is a good MTA (e.g. Postfix or something else) setup for a home computer behind a NAT, or a laptop that is not always online? I've read a lot of Postfix tutorials on how to set it up this way or that, but they are usually geared towards…
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msmtp vs msmtp-mta package, which one to choose?

when installing msmtp under Debian/Ubuntu, which package should I choose, msmtp or msmtp-mta? what's the differences between them? All the help articles I read install msmtp only, but isn't msmtp-mta, the regular MTA, a better option? Also, All…
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Setting up mail client on Arch Linux

I want to use command line mail client on the basic installation of Arch Linux, either mail or mutt or some other utility. I read that these are only mail clients means along with them we have to also install mail transfer agents. I tried to…
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How to forward email for an entire domain to an email address using SRS (Sender Rewriting Scheme)

I have a domain for which I want to forward all email destined for addresses at that domain to a single email address. For example, I want to forward john@example.com and fred@exapmle.com and mary@example.com to the email address…
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How to get `mail` on a CentOS 6 server (running postfix)

On my old server, and most other devices I have run, there is a provided mail program. On my new CentOS 6 server, running postfix as the MTA, I cannot send command-line email via mail - the tool is not there. When running a yum whatprovides mail…
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Is there an MTA that can store TLS authentication details securely?

I'm setting up my email client (mutt) on a new laptop (running Mac OSX Lion). I want to use SMTP with TLS for sending email. Searching for SMTP+Mutt+TLS reveals that Mutt's inbuilt secure SMTP stuff is vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks. …
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Have Ubuntu server prefetch and store mail for a Windows workstation?

I'd like to have my Ubuntu server (that also acts as a file and webserver) pre-fetch my mail from varying mail-accounts and have my Windows workstation fetch it from this Ubuntu server, in stead of directly from my mail providers. What would such a…
Decent Dabbler
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Postfix - SMTP mail delivery failed with "Connection timed out" error

I have installed postfix mail server in ubuntu machine. I am facing some issues with the mail sending to other domain mail servers (Google, Yahoo, Outlook...). I am using virtual domain to send the email using SMTP of the mail server (say…
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XAMPP: Mercury (Mail Transfer Agent) not working

Here is my setup: I have installed XAMPP as Administrator and am running it as Administrator. I have an entry in my Windows 7 hosts file listing "127.0.0.1 rainbow.com" as the fictitious domain which I am using on my development machine. I…
John Sonderson
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Is it possible to send email from local linux machine to internet?

I have a linux machine running at home. I installed sendmail as MTA. But I can't send email outside to internet email addresses. I am not sure whether it's because the config of my sendmail or internet MTA refuses the delivery from my "unknown"…
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FreeBSD jail IMAP/MTA config recommendations

I've got access to my "own" FreeBSD jail. The jail has only basic, unconfigured system, but I have full access to FreeBSD ports, and (jail)root too. Now I need to setup my jail as IMAP/MTA. The question: What packages are EASIEST for config and…
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Chosing a mail service on Debian, for a specific use

I am trying to setup a mail service on a local Debian Buster/Sid. This mail service should take input mails and direct them to these locations : - if mail is for "myownlocaldomain", it must be delivered to a local mailbox user. - elsewhere, the mail…
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Changing the numbers in "[#number]" format in an MTA file so they are sequential

I have a very long MTA file for scripting MP3 tag changes. I've edited the file numerous times in Notepad++ and this has caused the numbers for each particular action to go out of sync. How could I use Notepad++ to find each instance of '[#number]'…
ShaunHill
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Forcing TLS on incoming MTA connections

I've seen this question of a user that cannot receive emails over port 25. Is there a way to force/redirect external MTA connections to use TLS port 587 instead of port 25?
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