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# Email server setup script
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I wrote this script during the gruelling process of installing and setting up
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I wrote this script during the grueling process of installing and setting up
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an email server. It perfectly reproduces my successful steps to ensure the
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same setup time and time again.
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@ -14,14 +14,10 @@ curl -LO lukesmith.xyz/emailwiz.sh
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When prompted by a dialog menu at the beginning, select "Internet Site", then
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give your full domain without any subdomain, i.e. `lukesmith.xyz`.
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Read this readme and peruse the script's comments before running it. Expect it
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to fail and you have to do bug testing and you will be very happy when it
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actually works perfectly.
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## This script installs
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- **Postfix** to send and receive mail.
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- **Dovecot** to get mail to your email client (mutt, Thunderbird, etc).
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- **Dovecot** to get mail to your email client (mutt, Thunderbird, etc.).
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- Config files that unique the two above securely with native log-ins.
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- **Spamassassin** to prevent spam and allow you to make custom filters.
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- **OpenDKIM** to validate you so you can send to Gmail and other big sites.
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server: (1) an **MX record** pointing to your own main domain/IP and (2) a
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**CNAME record** for your `mail.` subdomain.
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4. **A Reverse DNS entry for your site.** Go to your VPS settings and add an
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entry for your IPV4 Reverse DNS that goes from your IP address to
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`<yourdomain.com>` (not mail subdomain). If you would like IPV6, you can do
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entry for your IPv4 Reverse DNS that goes from your IP address to
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`<yourdomain.com>` (not mail subdomain). If you would like IPv6, you can do
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the same for that. This has been tested on Vultr, and all decent VPS hosts
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will have a section on their instance settings page to add a reverse DNS PTR
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entry.
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You can use the 'Test Email Server' or ':smtp' tool on
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[mxtoolbox](https://mxtoolbox.com/SuperTool.aspx) to test if you set up
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a reverse DNS correctly. This step is not required for everyone, but some
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big email services like gmail will stop emails coming from mail servers
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big email services like Gmail will stop emails coming from mail servers
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with no/invalid rDNS lookups. This means your email will fail to even
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make it to the receipients spam folder; it will never make it to them.
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make it to the recipients spam folder; it will never make it to them.
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5. `apt purge` all your previous (failed) attempts to install and configure a
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mailserver. Get rid of _all_ your system settings for Postfix, Dovecot,
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mail server. Get rid of _all_ your system settings for Postfix, Dovecot,
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OpenDKIM and everything else. This script builds off of a fresh install.
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6. Some VPS providers block port 25 (used to send mail). You may need to
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request that this port be opened to send mail successfully. Although I have
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@ -105,27 +101,23 @@ email program. For my domain, the server information will be as follows:
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- SMTP port: 587
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- IMAP server: `mail.lukesmith.xyz`
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- IMAP port: 993
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- Username `luke` (I.e. *not* `luke@lukesmith.xyz`)
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The last point is important. Many email systems use a full email address on
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login. Since we just simply use local PAM logins, only the user's name is used
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(this makes a difference if you're using my
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[mutt-wizard](https://github.com/lukesmithxyz/mutt-wizard), etc.).
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## Tweaking things
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You're a big boy now if you have your own mail server!
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You can tweak Postfix (sending mail
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In previous versions of emailwiz, you also had to log on with *only* your
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username (i.e. `luke`) rather than your whole email address (i.e.
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`luke@lukesmith.xyz`), which caused some confusion. This is no longer the
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case.
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## Benefited from this?
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If this script or documentation has saved you some frustration, you can donate
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to support me at [lukesmith.xyz/donate](https://lukesmith.xyz/donate.html).
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I am always glad to hear this script is still making life easy for people! If
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this script or documentation has saved you some frustration, you can donate to
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support me at [lukesmith.xyz/donate](https://lukesmith.xyz/donate.html).
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## Troubleshooting -- Can't send mail?
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- Always check `journalctl -xe` to see the specific problem.
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- Check with your VPS host and ask them to enable mail ports. Some providers
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disable them by default. It shouldn't take any time.
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- Go to [this site](https://appmaildev.com/en/dkim) to test your TXT records.
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If your DKIM, SPF or DMARC tests fail you probably copied in the TXT records
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incorrectly.
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@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ ssl_key = <$certdir/privkey.pem
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ssl_dh = </usr/share/dovecot/dh.pem
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# Plaintext login. This is safe and easy thanks to SSL.
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auth_mechanisms = plain login
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auth_username_format = %n
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protocols = \$protocols imap
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@ -286,7 +287,6 @@ $dmarcentry
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$spfentry" > "$HOME/dns_emailwizard"
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echo "
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