Email Server Setup

[eberkund]

I know a lot of you guys are running your own VPSs so hopefully someone here knows what the issue I'm having is.

I have a VPS on Digital Ocean and running a fresh Ubuntu LAMP installation. I used these three tutorials to setup an email server with Postfix, Dovecot, ViMbAdmin, RoundCube:

• https://rtcamp.com/tutorials/mail/server/postfix-dovecot-ubuntu/
  
• https://github.com/opensolutions/ViMbAdmin/wiki/Installation
  
• https://rtcamp.com/tutorials/mail/fqdn-reverse-dns-ptr-mx-record-checks/

I went through the tutorials mostly without problems and everything seems to be working properly. I can login to ViMbAdmin and created a test email account for my domain which I can login to with RoundCube. However the problem I am having is that I cannot login to the same email account with Thunderbird and I cannot sucessfully send or receive emails through RoundCube.

Does anyone have any idea what things I could check that might be causing me problems?

 

[karlgray]

What error message do you get from Thunderbird? If it is a connection error then check that the firewall ports are open for 25,110,143,465,587,995.

There are so many possibilities and without more info it would be hard to diagnose; Have you checked the mailserver logs. These are usually in /var/log/maillog but may be in a different location on Ubuntu. Sorry I am a Centos/Redhat guy.
Check that your courier imap, dovecot or which ever mail daemon you are using is listening on the internet visible IP and not 127.0.0.1/localhost.....

 

[rdn]

For email server, this is what I'm using
http://mailinabox.email/

 

[eberkund]

For email server, this is what I'm using
http://mailinabox.email/

Thanks, I ending up getting it working with VimbAdmin but I am trying out better alternatives

 

[rdn]

http://mailinabox.email/ is far the most great Email Server I've setup.

 

[Mr. Goodie2Shoes]

@RoldanLT I think I saw you in DO's MiaB Tutorial

 

[rdn]

@RoldanLT I think I saw you in DO's MiaB Tutorial

Yeah, same username

 

[eberkund]

Does MiaB support multiple users suitable for giving clients access?

I like that it supports DKIM and SPF, how does that work? Do you need to setup DNS?

 

[rdn]

Does MiaB support multiple users suitable for giving clients access?

Yes, even multiple domain is supported.

 

[eberkund]

I like that it supports DKIM and SPF, how does that work? Do you need to setup DNS?

Nvm...

"Mail-in-a-Box is designed to handle SMTP, IMAP/POP, spam filtering, webmail, and even DNS as part of its all-in-one solution. Since the server itself is handling your DNS, you'll get an off-the-shelf DNS solution optimized for mail."

https://www.digitalocean.com/commun...ail-server-with-mail-in-a-box-on-ubuntu-14-04

Yes, even multiple domain is supported.

Cool, I will setup a demo to play with

 

[rdn]

I like that it supports DKIM and SPF, how does that work? Do you need to setup DNS?

MailinaBox configure it's own DNS .
More info: https://www.digitalocean.com/commun...ail-server-with-mail-in-a-box-on-ubuntu-14-04

 

[rdn]

Nvm...

"Mail-in-a-Box is designed to handle SMTP, IMAP/POP, spam filtering, webmail, and even DNS as part of its all-in-one solution. Since the server itself is handling your DNS, you'll get an off-the-shelf DNS solution optimized for mail."

https://www.digitalocean.com/commun...ail-server-with-mail-in-a-box-on-ubuntu-14-04



Cool, I will setup a demo to play with

Spin a new droplet on DO and you'll have a MiaB running after 20 minutes

 

[eberkund]

It is a little memory heavy compared to other solutions, but I think that is just because spam filtering comes preconfigured

 

[eberkund]

Spin a new droplet on DO and you'll have a MiaB running after 20 minutes

Are you running MiaB on its own separate VPS or are you running your website on the same one? I ask because sometimes it can be troublesome to manually edit files when you are using a control panel.

 

[Sheratan]

Im running dovecot-exim with tls in debian 7. It's not really easy if this is your first vps.

As side note, I never successfully setup a change password option in roundcube.

 

[TPerry]

Dovecot, Postfix, PostFixAdmin,Roundcube.. works rather well is configured for virtual users and virtual domains.
Running on a CentOS box.

BTW, @Sheratan, @TJA has it working on his setup. Not going to comment on the new works I learned though.

 

[eberkund]

Dovecot, Postfix, PostFixAdmin,Roundcube.. works rather well is configured for virtual users and virtual domains.
Running on a CentOS box.

BTW, @Sheratan, @TJA has it working on his setup. Not going to comment on the new works I learned though.

That's what I have running right now, except VimbAdmin instead of PostFixAdmin. It is alright but I like how MiaB takes care of DKIM and SPF for me.

 

[eva2000]

why bother, have better things to do with my time than deal with emails - free and easy https://community.centminmod.com/th...in-com-email-provider-setup-information.3641/ with own mobile Android and iOS apps

 

[rdn]

Are you running MiaB on its own separate VPS or are you running your website on the same one? I ask because sometimes it can be troublesome to manually edit files when you are using a control panel.

Separate Ubuntu VPS.

 

[eberkund]

Cool, thanks