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diff --git a/docs/installing/email.md b/docs/installing/email.md index bb5f3d3f2..b58b0968c 100644 --- a/docs/installing/email.md +++ b/docs/installing/email.md @@ -66,9 +66,7 @@ This section shows an example of how to set up your MTA if you're using **postfix**. See the example for [exim4](#example-setup-on-exim4) if you're using that instead of postfix. -### Instructions - -Install postfix. +### Install postfix # Install debconf so we can configure non-interactively apt-get -qq install -y debconf >/dev/null @@ -82,7 +80,12 @@ Install postfix. # 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 +### Configure postfix + + +#### Pipe incoming mail for requests into Alaveteli + +If the Unix user that is going to run your site is `alaveteli`, and the directory where Alaveteli is installed is `/var/www/alaveteli`, add the following line to `/etc/postfix/master.cf`: @@ -111,6 +114,8 @@ command: /^foi.*/ alaveteli EOF +#### Define the valid recipients for your domain + Create `/etc/postfix/recipients` with the following command: cat > /etc/postfix/recipients <<EOF @@ -192,7 +197,7 @@ format. Update MTA_LOG_PATH: '/var/log/mail/mail.log-*' MTA_LOG_TYPE: "postfix" -### Making the changes live +#### Making the changes live As the root user, make all these changes live with the following commands: @@ -203,7 +208,7 @@ As the root user, make all these changes live with the following commands: postmap /etc/postfix/recipients postfix reload -### Troubleshooting (postfix) +#### Troubleshooting (postfix) To test mail delivery, run: |