By Happy Tech
Hello Now, I’m learning how to build a fully secure server and I succeeded to build my own server and deploy my WordPress now I need to build my own SMTP server and add a third party mail application to the same server, without using Control Panel
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Hi @HappyTech,
So, you’ve said you already have a WordPress website installed and you are using Nginx, that’s cool, good job!
Now, regarding SMTP, I’ll urge you to check the following article:
As a whole, it’s easy to create an SMTP send-only service with Postfix. Having said that, I’ll recommend you to use the third-party mail application for SMTP as well as for receiving mails.
Additionally, third-party mail applications are not hosted on your Droplet. That’s the idea for these mail apps, to not be used on your Droplet so that they are not influenced by your setup.
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