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# 1  
Old 05-17-2019
Send email using postfix
I am trying to send an email to my gmail using postfix. I am using windows 10 Ubuntu 18.04 bash shell. I have tried the website tutorials and was unsuccessful.
# 2  
Old 05-18-2019
You are trying to set postfix to relay mail thru gmail presume ?

This looks like a reasonable howto.
Getting started with Postfix, an open source mail transfer agent | Opensource.com

Regards
Peasant.
# 3  
Old 05-18-2019
I am still unsuccessful. The only problem I ran into was with the command "systemctl restart postfix.service" (System has not been booted with systemd as init system (PID 1). Can't operate.). I also have to use sudo before the commands in the tutorial.
# 4  
Old 05-18-2019
Try
Code:
service postfix restart

as root (prefix with sudo if you are not root).
# 5  
Old 05-18-2019
The command worked but I was unable to send an email successfully. Do I need to be root to send an email?
# 6  
Old 05-21-2019
Quote:
Originally Posted by rjphares
The command worked but I was unable to send an email successfully. Do I need to be root to send an email?
You don't need to be root to send email.

What diagnostics are you getting when you try to send email?
# 7  
Old 05-21-2019
I do not get any errors when I try to send an email, but the email doesn't send.
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