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Can you please help me to setup a postfix mail server..?
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Can you please tell me, is it same on Red Hat and Fedora to setup postfix. Im using a fedora system.
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Yes, it is same. The only difference is:
  1. Fedora Linux is cutting edge and meant for Desktop usage. Commercially Not supported by Red Hat but sponsored by Red hat as a community product.
  2. Redhat Linux (RHEL) is stable, rock solid distro, meant for Server and Workstation usage. Commercially supported by Red Hat via RHN and other options.
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Thanx for many helps... Also I like to know about a thing that confuced me. In main.cf file all statements are commented using # in front of them. Am I need to uncomment them or is it nature of that file?
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Yes, you need to uncomment them and setup appropriate values as per your setup and requirements.
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How can I test my postfix mail server locally? Actually im new to linux. Frist time Im configuring a mail server.
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You can use telnet to send email.

Code:
telnet 192.168.1.2 25
HELO localhost
mail from: vivek@nixcraft.com
rcpt to: user@yourdomain.com
data

This is a test

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Configure dns and use outlook or Thunderbird MUA. You need to configure pop3 and IMAP server to test settings.


Use unix mail command to send email
Code:
mail -s 'Subject' username
mail -s 'Subject' user@domain.com
tail -f /var/log/maillog
su - username
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