How Do I Create a Mail Server in Linux?
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How can I create my own mail server?

What You’ll Need To Set Up a Personal Email Server

  1. A separate computer with enough hard drive capacity, which will act as the email server.
  2. Domain name for the email server that you’ll use to set up email addresses.
  3. Reliable, high-speed internet connection.
  4. An operating system like Windows or Linux to run the server.

What is mail server in Linux?

A mail server (sometimes called MTA – Mail Transport Agent) is an application that is used to transfer mails from one user to another. … Postfix was designed to be easier to configure as well as more reliable and secure than sendmail, and it has become the default mail server on many Linux distributions (e.g. openSUSE).

Alexander Ross

Alexander Ross

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Alexander Ross has covered the video game industry for a decade, writing deep dives on game design, esports tournaments, VR developments, and gaming culture.

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