[ww-devel] setting up postfix on test1.webwork.maa.org

[mgage]

I’ve decided to use postfix since reports are that it is easier to configure.  

I have it working in the sense that bugzilla, for example, claims that mail is sent off.  Also   

mail  gage at math.rochester.edu <mailto:gage at math.rochester.edu>  or mail michaelegage at gmail.com

doesn’t give any errors.  It also doesn’t deliver the mail — I never receive messages at either of those locations.

Most likely there is some kind of spam filter (I have checked the spam filters on each of those sites) that is blocking mail.

Where do you configure postfix to use gmail as mail relay?  That might be the problem or it might be something among the issues that Tani brings up.

Take care,

Mike

> On Feb 3, 2020, at 10:13 AM, Simon Park <spark at maa.org> wrote:
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> I played around with postfix a long time ago. I believe you need to configure postfix/sendmail to use Gmail as a mail relay. So which email server are you going to use? postfix or sendmail?
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> Simon Park
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> Mathematical Association of America
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> On Sat, Feb 1, 2020 at 10:31 PM mgage <gage at math.rochester.edu <mailto:gage at math.rochester.edu>> wrote:
> Hi Simon,
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> Are you familiar with setting up postfix (or exim) on ubuntu?  It’s a mail transport app like sendmail.  
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> I have step by step instructions but I suspect it will go faster if someone familiar with the process does it (or watches me while I do it :-) ) .
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> The sendmail/postfix process on test1.webwork.maa.org <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__test1.webwork.maa.org&d=DwMFaQ&c=kbmfwr1Yojg42sGEpaQh5ofMHBeTl9EI2eaqQZhHbOU&r=C6Pt5AGtImanmAdcooarL-JZO8M5dSFPfs3VweYXYkE&m=OdSIWfnfO3gsmqfjCl1kfDoX9ht1LueGWAlRHe-aUbY&s=ODSrqJ4eylaNz5bdxalKeuKJc4FKEoZePke2xoMEamA&e=> is not working properly and it is holding up installation particularly of bugzilla 
> (and perhaps the other apps, mediawiki and moodle as well)
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> If you haven’t installed postfix or sendmail on one of the other ubuntu installations at MAA then don’t worry about it. I’ll 
> plow through the instructions.
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> Thanks.
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> Take care,
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> Mike
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