Talk:OpenSMTPD

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Latest comment: 5 September 2022 by Outswayer in topic Local Mail

Local Mail

since the page is outdated, i thought i'd add a bit of info so others won't struggle trying to get local mail to work: For a simple local setup to use with e.g. fcron or similar: do not change the config, otherwise the service will not start. just start and enable the smtpd.service . With default settings, openSMTPD will deliver mail to your home directory, not the usual /var/spool/mail. it'll create a folder structure and deliver mail to ~/Maildir/new

--Outswayer (talk) 12:22, 5 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

Firewall

What are the ports which I need to open?--Xan (talk) 18:03, 8 July 2015 (UTC) For receiving and sending emailsReply

Typically tcp port 25 SMTP will need to be opened for mail server to mail server communication, and tcp port 587 Submission will need to be opened for email clients or Mail User Agents (MUAs) relaying email through the server -- Srf21c (talk) 19:42, 8 July 2015 (UTC)srf21cReply

Use case with local spool mail sent locally and external mail sent via a relay

Just to let you know that I intend to add a section with hybrid local/relay configuration.

I'm new here, so please let me know if I missed something.

Chimay (talk) 15:07, 21 October 2016 (UTC)Reply

Great to see your contribution. I think it could be formatted simpler. In arch, the user is expected to be capable, so for example giving a complete configuration is generally considered bad practice.
I would suggest reading https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_Linux#Principles and edit the section to be simpler.
This also looks a bit weird: "send local email locally, I mean without...". Talking in first person is generally not a good way to write a wiki.
I'll be notified of changes to the OpenSMTPD page, so I'll give hints if there's more you can improve :)
Aude (talk) 11:32, 23 October 2016 (UTC)Reply
The section is shorter now, thanks to you ! I've to get used to the wiki style. :)
Chimay (talk) 10:47, 24 October 2016 (UTC)Reply
Nice, it reads much better now.
Good luck on further improving the Arch Wiki, it's a lot of fun to fix small and big stuff here and there and see the improvements.
For example I edited an MPD section today: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php?title=Music_Player_Daemon/Tips_and_tricks&diff=prev&oldid=455155
Aude (talk) 16:00, 25 October 2016 (UTC)Reply
Thanks, will try to do my best if I see something missing or just a little odd.
BTW, I didn't know about mpdcron, you alway learn new things in linux.
--Chimay (talk) 07:01, 26 October 2016 (UTC)Reply