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Configure E-Mail (optional)

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You may use whatever MTA you like to send an e-mail generated by ILIAS. An effortless way to do so is by using Postfix

RDNS

The first thing you need to do is to check if your RDNS is configured correctly. For example, visit this site: https://www.debouncer.com/reverse-dns-check

  • Fill in: iliastutorials.com
  • A good would be:

FCrDNS test result:
217.160.9.103 resolved to iliastutorials.com
iliastutorials.com resolved to 217.160.9.103;
rDNS is forward confirmed.

Generic PTR record test result:
iliastutorials.com not looks like generic.

If you do not get such a result, please, confirm with your provider how to configure your RDNS.

Install Postfix

 apt-get install libsasl2-modules bsd-mailx postfix
  • Choose Internet-Site
  • System Mail-Name: iliastutorials.com

Configure main.cf

nano /etc/postfix/main.cf

Change the following lines like this:

  • myhostname = iliastutorials.com
  • mydestination = iliastutorials.com, localdomain, localhost, localhost.localdomain, localhost
  • mailbox_size_limit = 10240000

Check the syntax: 

postfix check

Reload service: 

systemctl reload postfix

Configure Mail-Aliases

nano /etc/aliases

Add your forwarding mail address like this:

#
# Mail aliases for sendmail
#
# You must run newaliases(1) after making changes to this file.
#
 
# Required aliases
postmaster: someadress@someprovider.com
MAILER-DAEMON:  someadress@someprovider.com
 
# Common aliases
abuse:  someadress@someprovider.com
spam: someadress@someprovider.com
 
# Other aliases
clamav: someadress@someprovider.com
root: someadress@someprovider.com

Activate aliases: 

newaliases

Send a test mail: 

echo "ILIAS is the best system" | mailx -s "Test-Mail" contact@iliastutorials.com

Errors log

nano /var/log/mail.log
  • Look for entries like this:  No SMTP service 554-Bad DNS PTR resource record. That means your Reverse DNS is not set correctly for our domain (iliastutorials.com).
  • This is the place to look for other errors as well.