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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users Home email server setup - stuck Post 302848215 by jalisco on Wednesday 28th of August 2013 07:08:35 PM
Old 08-28-2013
Home email server setup - stuck
Hello,

Firstly, I am using Debian 7.1, updated (as of today), I installed postfix, sasl, and dovecot. I have read through various online tutorials and quick installation guides, videos etc. And, ventured into the actual text of postfix, sasl and dovecot.

Everything is installed and "appears" to be running. I can start and stop the services.

I have three questions:

1.) How can I troubleshoot the email process? In other words, how can I determine where the error is that is preventing me from sending and receiving email? Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

2.) I currently have a dynamic IP. I believe that might be a problem, with sending email? I just want to have a server for my personal (and family) can have email address served from home server. Nothing major - but even the simplest setups seem to be major =( Should I just get a static IP? Or, is there a good solution with dynamic IP address?

3.) How can I stop spam relaying from my home server? I haven't got it setup where it is working, but I assume, soon enough, spammers would find it, and relay their junk from my email server =( Any tips to where I can dodge that before it occurs?

Thanks again.

Jalisco
 

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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN

ocf_heartbeat_mailto

OCF_HEARTBEAT_MAILTO(7) 					OCF resource agents					   OCF_HEARTBEAT_MAILTO(7)

NAME

       ocf_heartbeat_MailTo - Notifies recipients by email in the event of resource takeover

SYNOPSIS

       MailTo [start | stop | status | monitor | meta-data | validate-all]

DESCRIPTION

       This is a resource agent for MailTo. It sends email to a sysadmin whenever a takeover occurs.

SUPPORTED PARAMETERS

       email
	   The email address of sysadmin.  (required, string, no default)

       subject
	   The subject of the email.  (optional, string, no default)

SUPPORTED ACTIONS

       This resource agent supports the following actions (operations):

       start
	   Starts the resource. Suggested minimum timeout: 10.

       stop
	   Stops the resource. Suggested minimum timeout: 10.

       status
	   Performs a status check. Suggested minimum timeout: 10. Suggested interval: 10.

       monitor
	   Performs a detailed status check. Suggested minimum timeout: 10. Suggested interval: 10.

       meta-data
	   Retrieves resource agent metadata (internal use only). Suggested minimum timeout: 5.

       validate-all
	   Performs a validation of the resource configuration. Suggested minimum timeout: 5.

EXAMPLE

       The following is an example configuration for a MailTo resource using the crm(8) shell:

	   primitive p_MailTo ocf:heartbeat:MailTo 
	     params 
	       email=string 
	     op monitor depth="0" timeout="10" interval="10"

SEE ALSO

       http://www.linux-ha.org/wiki/MailTo_(resource_agent)

AUTHOR

       Linux-HA contributors (see the resource agent source for information about individual authors)

resource-agents UNKNOWN 					    03/09/2014						   OCF_HEARTBEAT_MAILTO(7)
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