Hi,
I’m on ubuntu 20.04 with LAMP server running.
I’m actually trying to setup my own mail server on my vps, on the same droplet as my website.
I’ve been trying to follow the tutorial : https://www.linuxbabe.com/ubuntu/install-roundcube-webmail-ubuntu-20-04-apache-nginx
So as I understood, I need to setup Postfix for SMTP and Dovecot for IMAP but at the beginning of this tutorial https://www.linuxbabe.com/mail-server/setup-basic-postfix-mail-sever-ubuntu
It’s asked to modified the FQDN, that’s where I’m facing an issue.
I don’t really understand the impact of FQDN and my website is in production, I don’t want to got it down again (I had a big issue after installing iRedMail)
So does somebody faced the same problem, like hosting your mail server on the same droplet that is hosting your website ?
I’m sorry if it’s a bit messy, feel free to ask me anything, I’m completely lost.
By the way, if you have a better way to have multiple email adresses on a custom domain, all hosted on my vps and free, I take it, I just don’t want to use external hosting.
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Hi @julienmauclair1,
So, the FQDN in the article you’ve posted is so that you can create an MX record afterwards. The FQDN will help with your SPF and DKIM record as well. Some providers do require FQDN in the SPF record and from the server that’s sending the mail.
Having said that, setting a new FQDN shouldn’t cause any issues with your website/application UNLESS you have some hardcoded stuff in your code with your current FQDN which is highly unlikely. With that being said, what you can just do is create a snapshot of your Droplet and if you break something on it just restore from the created snapshot.
If you are uncertain you can check the following article on how to use the snapshot feature:
Everything is solved !
I’ve setup my droplet to have my PTR record as : mail.domain.com
I’ve set my FQDN as : mail.domain.com
And everything is working with roundcube.
Just need to setup my DMARC.
Just need to know, does it affect SEO ?
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