By privetalex
I tried installing quite a few times, and ran into a wall everytime.
I am using this guide: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-install-iredmail-on-ubuntu-12-04-x64
I have a ubuntu droplet with a LAMP stack. I have a domain, let’s say example.com pointing it’s DNS records to that droplet.
I would like to setup iRedMail on a separate ubuntu droplet, and then be able to add emails like this:
me@example.com, you@example.com etc.
During the iRedMail installation, which domain do I specify in this configuration screen? Do I need to create something like mail.example.com? Or can I use example.com?
https://assets.digitalocean.com/articles/community/Ubuntu1210-Cloudmail5.png
Also once the installation is done, what DNS records should I add for the example.com domain so that email would work?
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Thanks!
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<br>The configuration tool returns this:
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<br>The mail server for mail.example.com accepts mail for mailbox ‘postmaster@mail.example.com’.
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<br>It also passes everything else. No red flags.
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<br>I still get this when I try to send email:
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<br>“SMTP Error (451): Failed to add recipient “someone@email.com” (4.3.5 Server configuration problem).”
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<br>And any incoming email to the mailbox also does not get received.
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<br>I tried looking all over the internet, but found no solution to the problem.
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<br>Do you know what might be causing that?
<b>“Do I need to create something like mail.example.com?”</b> Yes. <br> <br><b>“Also once the installation is done, what DNS records should I add for the example.com domain so that email would work?”</b> <br> <br>If you’re using DigitalOcean’s <a href=“https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-set-up-a-host-name-with-digitalocean”>DNS Manager</a>, you would need to add the following <b>MX record:</b> <code>1 - mail.example.com.</code> (don’t forget the trailing dot).
Okay, so the droplet reboot fixed the 4.3.5 server configuration error, and sending mail works now. But I cannot receive any mail. Possible reasons?
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