March 12, 2009 Posted in Email
Finally, AOL unblocked my new IP, their Feedback Loop Request Form doesn’t seem to work, I joined two times and was approved too, but nothing happened. The unblock was done after I got a personal reply to my direct email request.
Here are some other email ISPs I have dealt with: Read More
October 29, 2008 Posted in Email
Emails on my Linux VPS were blocked by Bellsouth.net. Since they blocked the email by IP, I can still send email manually as I use Google App to handle the email. Read More
October 27, 2008 Posted in Email
I’m using postfix on my server, there are at least three aliases file:
/etc/aliases
/etc/mail/aliases
/usr/local/etc/postfix/aliases Read More
October 25, 2008 Posted in Email
Emails sent from my server were marked as spam by Gmail, one of the reasons is SPF error, which can be checked by viewing the email header. Added SPF record for DNS zone file according to openspf.org, they have a generation tool. Read More
June 23, 2008 Posted in Email
On some websites, I really don’t want to use free email address for contact, but spam email is an endless war. Google App allows me to use my own domain as email address, I can also enjoy all the power and features of Gmail, and it’s free! What a perfect solution! If you are hosting your own email server and not satisfied with it, I strongly suggest you to give Google App a shot. Read More
December 11, 2005 Posted in Email
List the mail queue:
# /usr/bin/mailq
Delete a mail by mail id (get the mail id with the above command):
# postsuper -d mail_id
Delete all message in the mail queue:
# postsuper -d ALL
Flush the queue: attempt to deliver all queued mail:
# postqueue -f
July 21, 2005 Posted in Email
Postfix has been running on my servers for a few months, but I haven’t been able to make SMTP Auth work, as a result, I can’t send emails from my desktop. Finally I decided to finish the configuration by following the tutorial on postfix.org. But unfortunately, it didn’t work after the first try. Then, a simple idea came out: why not try other SMTP servers instead of configuring mine? The SMTP server (exim) on my VPS relays any outbound emails after authentication. Read More
April 2, 2005 Posted in Email
In a previous post, I said pop3 server’s installation was very easy. Now, I try to install it on my second FreeBSD server, guess what? I couldn’t make it work and looked for help on the mailing list. Read More