User:Paul/sandbox/Install Postgrey
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WARNING: This article is in a user sandbox, indicating it is a rough draft, and as such, is likely incomplete, contains buggy and insecure configurations, and is subject to substantial and frequent changes.
Most of the commands in this article require root
privileges:
username@servername:~$ sudo -i
Install Postgrey
Install the Postgrey package, then configure it to use unix domain sockets:
root@servername:~# aptitude install postgrey root@servername:~# mkdir /var/spool/postfix/postgrey root@servername:~# chown postgrey:root /var/spool/postfix/postgrey root@servername:~# nano /etc/default/postgrey
Change:
#POSTGREY_OPTS="--inet=10023"
Add:
POSTGREY_OPTS="--user=postgrey --group=postgrey --unix=/var/spool/postfix/postgrey/postgrey.sock"
root@servername:~# service postgrey restart
Next step
External links
A Mailserver on Ubuntu 12.04: Postfix, Dovecot, MySQL | Ex Ratione