Postfix

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

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Contents 1 FAQ 1.1 Deferred: Connection refused by [127.0.0.1] 1.2 Command To Know 1.3 Empty Mail Queue 1.4 Postfix Script (PHP) 1.5 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 <file>

mailq

cat /var/log/mail.log

/etc/init.d/postfix reload

Empty Mail Queue

mailq
postsuper -d ALL

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/