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How to Configure a Static IP Address with Netplan on Ubuntu 24.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure DKIM, SPF and DMARC on Ubuntu 24.04

DKIM, SPF, and DMARC are email authentication standards that prevent spoofing and improve email deliverability. This guide configures all three on a Postfix server on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 24.04 LTS server Postfix installed and running Access to your domain DNS records A user with sudo privileges […]

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How to Set Up a DNS Server with Bind9 on Ubuntu 26.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install and Configure Postfix Mail Server on Ubuntu 26.04

Postfix is a high-performance, secure, and widely used Mail Transfer Agent (MTA). It handles the SMTP protocol for sending and relaying email. This guide installs and configures Postfix as an internet-facing SMTP server on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 26.04 LTS with a fully qualified domain name (FQDN) […]

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How to Set Up a DNS Server with Bind9 on Ubuntu 26.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install and Configure Dovecot IMAP Server on Ubuntu 26.04

Dovecot is a secure, open-source IMAP and POP3 server. It allows email clients to retrieve messages stored on the server. Combined with Postfix, Dovecot completes a full mail server stack. This guide installs Dovecot on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS with TLS and Maildir storage. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 26.04 LTS with […]

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How to Set Up a DNS Server with Bind9 on Ubuntu 26.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure DKIM, SPF and DMARC on Ubuntu 26.04

DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail), SPF (Sender Policy Framework), and DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance) are three DNS-based email authentication standards that protect your domain from spoofing and significantly improve email deliverability. This guide configures all three on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS with Postfix. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 26.04 LTS […]

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Como instalar e configurar o Postfix no Ubuntu 18.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

Como instalar e configurar o Postfix no Ubuntu 18.04

O Postfix é um Agente de Transferência de E-mail (MTA) de código aberto popular que pode ser usado para rotear e entregar e-mails em um sistema Linux. Estima-se que cerca de 25% dos servidores públicos de e-mail na internet executem o Postfix. Neste guia, vamos ensinar como…

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How To Set Up Gmail with Your Domain on the cloud provider — step-by-step DevOps tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Set Up Gmail with Your Domain on the cloud provider

One way to send and receive email through your own custom domain is to use a third-party mail service, such as the mail service included with Google Apps (Gmail) or Zoho. The main benefit of using a third-party mail service, as opposed to managing your own mail server, is that you can avoid performing the ongoing maintenance that running a mail server entails. This tutorial will show you how to set up Gmail with your own domain that is managed by the cloud provider’s Domain Name Servers.

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Why You May Not Want To Run Your Own Mail Server — step-by-step DevOps tutorial on Progressive Robot

Why You May Not Want To Run Your Own Mail Server

When setting up a web site or application under your own domain, it is likely that you will also want a mail server to handle the domain’s incoming and outgoing email. While it is possible to run your own mail server, it is often not the best option for a variety of reasons. This guide will cover many of the reasons that you may not want to run your own mail server, and offer a few alternatives.

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