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| author | Louise Crow <louise.crow@gmail.com> | 2014-08-05 16:21:06 +0100 |
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| committer | Louise Crow <louise.crow@gmail.com> | 2014-08-07 11:59:24 +0100 |
| commit | 6c32dd3e753e6b94cc681399deaac8f337c9ea9e (patch) | |
| tree | 6b56dba03fc9e8dc65d70964e7c5cf77aca3ee48 | |
| parent | b962470c4295f56f4a8b893a832f3b027778c9b8 (diff) | |
Configure postfix non-interactively
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/installing/email.md | 13 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/installing/email.md b/docs/installing/email.md index 72317b31a..05cef8a1e 100644 --- a/docs/installing/email.md +++ b/docs/installing/email.md @@ -26,9 +26,17 @@ This section shows an example of how to set up your MTA if you're using Install postfix. - sudo apt-get install postfix + # Install debconf so we can configure non-interactively + apt-get -qq install -y debconf >/dev/null -In the install options, select the default configuration `Internet Site` and set the hostname to your sitename. + # Set the default configuration 'Internet Site' + echo postfix postfix/main_mailer_type select 'Internet Site' | debconf-set-selections + + # Set your hostname (change example.com to your hostname) + echo postfix postfix/mail_name string "example.com" | debconf-set-selections + + # Install postfix + DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -qq -y install postfix >/dev/null Now configure Postfix. For example, if the Unix user that is going to run your site is `www-data`, and the directory where Alaveteli is installed is @@ -45,6 +53,7 @@ In `/etc/postfix/main.cf`, add the lines: transport_maps = regexp:/etc/postfix/transports local_recipient_maps = proxy:unix:passwd.byname regexp:/etc/postfix/recipients + And, assuming you set [`INCOMING_EMAIL_PREFIX`]({{ site.baseurl }}docs/customising/config/#incoming_email_prefix) in `config/general` to "foi+", create `/etc/postfix/transports` with the following |