{"id":6826,"date":"2014-11-03T16:28:47","date_gmt":"2014-11-03T10:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.resellerclub.com\/?p=6826"},"modified":"2025-10-24T14:04:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T14:04:34","slug":"how-to-configure-an-email-server-for-a-vps-hosting-package","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.resellerclub.com\/blog\/how-to-configure-an-email-server-for-a-vps-hosting-package\/","title":{"rendered":"How to configure an email server for a VPS Hosting package"},"content":{"rendered":"

How to configure an email server for a VPS Hosting package<\/strong><\/p>\n

Email is and will continue to remain one of the most widely used social interaction platforms. This probably explains why Facebook, Twitter and other popular social media platforms still send emails on latest trends, friend requests or other important notifications – it is that most internet users treat emails with more importance than a notification on a website.<\/p>\n

In this tutorial, I will show you how you can quickly configure an email server for your VPS <\/a>package to send out emails.<\/p>\n

Step1<\/strong><\/span>: Log into your VPS server and Install postfix<\/p>\n

Postfix is an opensource email server which is freely available and easy to install.<\/p>\n

<pre><\/p>\n

sudo yum install postfix<\/p>\n

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Step2<\/strong><\/span>: Configure your postfix email server<\/p>\n

<pre><\/p>\n

sudo vim \/etc\/postfix\/main.cf<\/p>\n

#Uncomment the following lines<\/p>\n

myhostname = yourhostname.com
\nmyorigin = $myhostname
\ninet_interfaces = localhost
\ninet_protocols = ipv4
\nmydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost
\nmynetworks_style = host<\/p>\n

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Step3<\/strong><\/span>: Start your server<\/p>\n

<pre><\/p>\n

service postfix start<\/p>\n

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Test email sending from your server<\/p>\n

<pre><\/p>\n

echo \u201ctest\u201d | mail -s \u201cTest mail \u201c youremailid@yourserver.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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You can also have your server connect to your email service to send emails.<\/p>\n

Step1<\/strong> <\/span>Open postfix configuration files.<\/p>\n

<pre><\/p>\n

vim \/etc\/postfix\/main.cf<\/p>\n

#uncomment\/add the following lines with your details<\/p>\n

relayhost = [smtp.youremailserver.com]\nsmtp_sasl_auth_enable = yes
\nsmtp_sasl_password_maps=static:your_username:your_password
\nsmtp_sasl_security_options=noanonymous<\/p>\n

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Install the \u201cSASL\u201d Authentication plugin<\/p>\n

<pre><\/p>\n

sudo yum install cyrus-sasl-plain<\/p>\n

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Step2<\/strong><\/span> Restart your server<\/p>\n

<pre><\/p>\n

service postfix restart<\/p>\n

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And you are done! Isn\u2019t it really simple? If this article helped you, or if you\u2019d like us to cover other how-to\u2019s in the coming weeks, feel free to share your thoughts in the comments below.<\/p>\n

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