On 2025-04-29 at 19:10:19 UTC-0400 (Tue, 29 Apr 2025 19:10:19 -0400)
Rooma Zoom Zoom via Postfix-users <i...@roomazoomzoom.com>
is rumored to have said:
How do most people use Postfix?
As a full "Message Transport Agent" (MTA) handling initial mail
submission, SMTP relaying, mail exchanger ("MX") duty, and final
delivery.
Postfix *IS NOT* a mailstore access system, i.e as an IMAP or POP server
like Dovecot. To access mail that has been delivered via Postfix, you
need OTHER tools.
As far as I can tell most people use it to enable scripts to send
emails as alerts.
It does that, replacing the "sendmail" binary required by POSIX with one
that works with the Postfix architecture.
It also has a SMTP service which accepts mail from clients (submission)
and outside servers (MX service) and routes it however you define:
further SMTP relay, local delivery, or any one of a long list of other
supported transports.
But how do people receive those emails if Postfix can't easily be
interfaced with email clients?
I'm not sure what gives you that impression. Postfix can be configured
to provide initial submission service (i.e. ports 587 & 465) and
deliver to local system accounts, virtual mailboxes, or via LMTP as well
as more arcane transports. In my opinion it is easier to set up from
scratch than traditional Sendmail or any other full-function MTA.
However, you can't do that without reading the documentation and you
won't get a simple specific cookbook for your *specific* needs anywhere.
Start at https://www.postfix.org/documentation.html with the "General
configuration" documents.
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Bill Cole
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(AKA @grumpybozo@toad.social and many *@billmail.scconsult.com
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