Tag: postfix

Let’s do Postfix slowly and properly – Part 11: pflogsumm

Postfix logs summarized for your reviewing pleasure

Post date August 30, 2020
Post categories In Linux, Server

Let’s do Postfix slowly and properly – Part 10: Restricting access

Additional postfix rules and tricks to slow down and frustrate spammers and evildoers

Post date August 22, 2020
Post categories In Linux, Server
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Let’s do Postfix slowly and properly – Part 9: Using Rspamd as a spam milter

Rspamd is the lesser evil when it comes to a choice of spam filters – or a choice between spam filters and spam

Post date August 13, 2020
Post categories In Linux, Server
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Let’s do Postfix slowly and properly – Part 8: PTR and SPF records

The easiest way to increase your odds of not getting rejected as a spammer when talking to other MTAs.

Post date August 12, 2020
Post categories In Linux, Server

Let’s do Postfix slowly and properly – Part 7: Encryption

Encrypting MTA-to-MTA encryptions for private and secure relay of email

Post date August 12, 2020
Post categories In Linux, Server
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Let’s do Postfix slowly and properly – Part 6: Relay authenticating with SASL

Piggybacking off of Dovecot to provide authentication services for Postfix.

Post date September 13, 2019
Post categories In Linux, Server

Setting up Postfix and Dovecot Slowly and Properly

Back in 2015 I embarked on an ambitious plan to blog my entire way through setting up my own selfhosted email server. I got a fair bit in…

Post date June 4, 2018
Post categories In Linux, Server

Let’s do Postfix slowly and properly – Part 5: Relaying from the local network

Understanding how Postfix makes decisions regarding relay, i.e. whether or not to pass on the mail submitted to it.

Post date November 1, 2015
Post categories In Linux, Server

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