Local Mailer

Sample to install postfix as local mailer on a standard Debian VM.

• Note: Install postfix with "no config"

root@vm-debian01:~# apt-get install postfix mailutils libsasl2-modules

• Copy template:

cp /usr/share/postfix/main.cf.debian /etc/postfix/main.cf

• Configure postfix

postconf -e "relayhost = [mail.server.com]:587"
postconf -e "smtp_sasl_auth_enable = yes"
postconf -e "smtp_sasl_password_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/sasl_passwd"
postconf -e "smtp_sasl_security_options = "
postconf -e "smtp_sasl_mechanism_filter = login"

• Create Account File: /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd

mail.server.com smtpuser:smtppass

• Create mapfile

postmap /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd

• Reload Postfix

postfix reload

• Restart Postfix

systemctl reload postfix.service