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3. You need two little DNS records set on your domain registrar's site/DNS |
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3. You need two little DNS records set on your domain registrar's site/DNS |
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server: (1) an **MX record** pointing to your own main domain/IP and (2) a |
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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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**CNAME record** for your `mail.` subdomain. |
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4. `apt purge` all your previous (failed) attempts to install and configure a |
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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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`mail.<yourdomain.com>`. If you would like IPV6, you can do the same for |
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that. This has been tested on Vultr, and all decent VPS hosts will have |
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a section on their instance settings page to add a reverse DNS PTR 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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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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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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mailserver. 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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OpenDKIM and everything else. This script builds off of a fresh install. |
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5. Some VPS providers block port 25 (used to send mail). You may need to |
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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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request that this port be opened to send mail successfully. Although I have |
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never had to do this on a Vultr VPS, others have had this issue so if you |
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never had to do this on a Vultr VPS, others have had this issue so if you |
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cannot send, contact your VPS provider. |
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cannot send, contact your VPS provider. |
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