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author | Luke Smith <luke@lukesmith.xyz> | 2020-06-21 08:46:11 -0400 |
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committer | Luke Smith <luke@lukesmith.xyz> | 2020-06-21 08:46:11 -0400 |
commit | d2293ce92c2996a76faa3071112617ec6a48a72c (patch) | |
tree | 95b14045ec9ff3bd685c17a6b49105bac11e50b7 | |
parent | adc6641c2e1750d6ffbdff64517ab5b8864c9991 (diff) |
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@@ -46,12 +46,16 @@ actually works perfectly. 2. **A Let's Encrypt SSL certificate for your site's `mail.` subdomain**. Create a nginx/apache site at `mail.<yourdomain.com>` and get a certificate for it with Let's Encrypt's [Certbot](https://certbot.eff.org/). -3. - You need two little DNS records set on your domain registrar's site/DNS +3. You need two little DNS records set on your domain registrar's site/DNS server: (1) an **MX record** pointing to your own main domain/IP and (2) a **CNAME record** for your `mail.` subdomain. 4. `apt purge` all your previous (failed) attempts to install and configure a mailserver. Get rid of _all_ your system settings for Postfix, Dovecot, OpenDKIM and everything else. This script builds off of a fresh install. +5. Some VPS providers block port 25 (used to send mail). You may need to + request that this port be opened to send mail successfully. Although I have + never had to do this on a Vultr VPS, others have had this issue so if you + cannot send, contact your VPS provider. ## Post-install requirement! |