On December 6, 2021 8:18:11 PM UTC, Herndon Elliott <alabama...@gmail.com>
wrote:
>I am just getting started with trying to install postifx and get it running
>on a single Ubuntu 18.04 server. The documentation talks at length about
>changes to be made in "/etc/postfix/main.cf" file, but there is no such
>file in my install. I have a main.cf.proto, but no main.cf The only
>mention I can find the documentation of these files is " multi-instance
>template files "
>
>So am I supposed to rename (or better yet, copy) main.cf.proto as main.cf
>before making the changes to it??
>
>The installation instructions certainly could be a bit more explicit about
>this for a beginner....
When you installed the package you selected "No configuration", so it's not
particularly surprising you have no configuration. Use dpkg-reconfigure
postfix and pick a different option for configuration and you will have a
main.cf. Internet Site is probably the most useful for a starting place.
Scott K
