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	=== Postfix Script (PHP) ===		=== Postfix Script (PHP) ===
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		+	*Create script to parse incoming mail*
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		+	*Add a new email address to Postfix configuration*
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		+	vi /etc/aliases
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		+	*Add the following line (everything on one line)*
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		+	email+to+redirect: "| php -q /home/user/full/path/to/your/new/script.php"
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		+	*Apply the changes to the aliases by running*
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		+	newaliases
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		+	*Reload Postfix and Restart*
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		+	/etc/init.d/postfix reload
		+	/etc/init.d/postfix restart
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		+	=== Sources ===
	* http://jeroensmeets.net/setup-postfix-to-forward-incoming-email-to-php/		* http://jeroensmeets.net/setup-postfix-to-forward-incoming-email-to-php/
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Revision as of 20:56, 13 January 2011

Contents 1 FAQ 1.1 Deferred: Connection refused by [127.0.0.1] 1.2 Command To Know 1.3 Postfix Script (PHP) 1.4 Sources

FAQ

Deferred: Connection refused by [127.0.0.1]

Please uninstall sendmail and then restart Postfix.

/etc/mail/access

# Check the /usr/share/doc/sendmail/README.cf file for a description
# of the format of this file. (search for access_db in that file)
# The /usr/share/doc/sendmail/README.cf is part of the sendmail-doc
# package.
#
# by default we allow relaying from localhost...
localhost.localdomain           RELAY
localhost                       RELAY
127.0.0.1                       RELAY
mail.server.ext                 RELAY

Command To Know

postfix flush
postmap
mailq
cat /var/log/mail.log
/etc/init.d/postfix reload

Postfix Script (PHP)

• Create script to parse incoming mail*

<?php
  $data = file_get_contents("php://stdin");
?>

• Add a new email address to Postfix configuration*

vi /etc/aliases

• Add the following line (everything on one line)*

email+to+redirect: "| php -q /home/user/full/path/to/your/new/script.php"

• Apply the changes to the aliases by running*

newaliases

• Reload Postfix and Restart*

/etc/init.d/postfix reload
/etc/init.d/postfix restart

Sources

• http://jeroensmeets.net/setup-postfix-to-forward-incoming-email-to-php/