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mail: cannot send message: Process exited with a non-zero status
I was setting up Postfix with this tutorial https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-configure-postfix-as-a-send-only-smtp-server-on-ubuntu-20-04
Upon sending test email got this error message “mail: cannot send message: Process exited with a non-zero status”
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Hello,
In addition to what has already been mentioned, you might also have to define your hostname in
/etc/hostnameand make sure that the hostname for127.0.0.1in/etc/hostsmatches that too.Best,
Bobby
Hi @aecsp2000,
I’ll recommend checking the error log to see the exact reason as to why you are receiving this message. The error log should be located in the ```/var/log/` folder somewhere. The file is usually called /var/log/maillog, /var/log/mail.err or /var/log/mail.
Additionally, you can try to reconfigure Postfix with the following command
Just let me know which options are you selecting.