How to Configure Postfix with Gmail on Ubuntu

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Learn how to use Gmail SMTP mail servers to send system email on Ubuntu with Postfix.
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@bradydyson65 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I'm a noobie and have only been coding for a year, and I was getting so frustrated with other explanations, but yours was thorough enough that I finally got it to work.

@TonyTeachesTech Жыл бұрын

Glad I could help!

@crafty_sm 4 ай бұрын

I finally found a complete video with an excellent explanation, you have helped me a lot. Thank you so much!😊

@artipleweb6106 Жыл бұрын

Thanks man, I was struggling since last 15 days. Finally with your help it's all set up now

@TonyTeachesTech Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it!

@user-qs4gw4mc4w 5 ай бұрын

Really helpful video Tony. Thanks

@OmarOmar-bz5je 2 жыл бұрын

Great job Tony. Well organized.

@TonyTeachesTech 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

@StefanSchmalhaus 11 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for this tutorial!

@7eyedcrow Жыл бұрын

Thank you man. Worked for me.

@visarsutaj8268 Жыл бұрын

Great job Tony! Clear instructions on how to set up an email server using Ubuntu and Postfix :) The video and the link stated below the vide go hand-in-hand. Tried to go about other ways of setting up email server but it got really confusing especially when such videos or articles were talking about (i) setting a valid FQDN hostname, and (ii) adding MX & A records in the DNS. All of these explanations fall short in explaining the correlations b/w the Postfix and FQDN/MX&A when doing the actual installment.

@canberkozkan593 2 жыл бұрын

It was really helpful ! Thanks for the content :)

@TonyTeachesTech 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@OlatunjiOdelade 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent Tutorials, Good work @Tony

@TonyTeachesTech 2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks!

@GoreBruce 6 ай бұрын

You are a life saver, man, thanks!

@GhazanfarMehdi-ks2bo Жыл бұрын

hi tony, I've done all the steps with you but after all set, I didn't receive email. Nor in inbox neither in spam or junk. Please help

@humanidrome 5 ай бұрын

Wow thank you so very much ❤❤❤ That really helped me. The easiest postfix explanation I've seen so far.

@TonyTeachesTech 5 ай бұрын

You're very welcome!

@cwegescheide1 Жыл бұрын

Hi Tony. Update, i figured out what was wrong. I have mailx working now. But I am trying to attach a small log file and that is not working. No worries though. Thank you soo much for your videos. Very clear and easy to follow. Cheers, Chris

@TonyTeachesTech Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the positive feedback Chris, cheers!

@AhmadREZK 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, You simplified it 👍

@TonyTeachesTech 3 жыл бұрын

You bet!

@firstuser5448 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! It was very helpful and to the point. Just a couple of questions: (1) does the `sendmail` program install with the `postfix` package? and (2) can the same setup be used for receiving emails as well?

@chromie-vy2me 5 ай бұрын

Omg😢 I'm a student and assignment was due. I spent many days trying to accomplish this task, i even cried, thank you💕

@TonyTeachesTech 5 ай бұрын

OMG you cried! I'm happy you got through it finally

@arpitasrivastava4629 2 жыл бұрын

man this is awesome !! Thanks

@TonyTeachesTech 2 жыл бұрын

No problem!

@vahidtavakkoli9578 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, simple and nice.

@TonyTeachesTech 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@mobilegamer7767 2 жыл бұрын

Big thanks for help!

@TonyTeachesTech 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@lefigo182 9 ай бұрын

awesome. helped a lot. Thanks

@saurabhgoreamazing9368 2 жыл бұрын

thanks for the nice video .Achived the objective!!!

@TonyTeachesTech 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@mohammedalinashnoush2336 Жыл бұрын

many thanks it is work, keep going

@gracedong9361 Жыл бұрын

Hi Tony, thanks for the tutorial. It's quite straightforward to follow. I set the postfix following the steps successfully in a linux vm. But setting postfix in a docker container fails. By "fails" I mean the test email cannot be sent out. Could you please give me some advice on how to fix it? Thanks.

@nayemhossainishan258 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, man ..... you are really awesome

@TonyTeachesTech 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@sayansarkar7582 Жыл бұрын

it helps..thank you, Sir

@ravi-gadhiya 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing, You are rock👍

@TonyTeachesTech 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

@OscarFaustoPelosi 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you: you saved me a lot of time! :D

@TonyTeachesTech 3 жыл бұрын

Great to hear. You're welcome

@TNTy100 9 ай бұрын

Amazing video. Thank you so much.

@TonyTeachesTech 9 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@Scrollunlock Ай бұрын

amazing thanks for sharing this

@makshaponenko7552 3 жыл бұрын

It's works. Thank you!

@TonyTeachesTech 3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@hyterakuwait466 2 жыл бұрын

hi tony thanks too much for the videos , if you read my comment what is the best way to forward all received emails on ubuntu to gmail ?

@RaviJAIN_ravi Жыл бұрын

Hi Tony excellent video. I have set up and configured but exactly but not sure why its not really sending email . Just wondering if you can help ????

@MaksimGrabar Жыл бұрын

You are the BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@aoben5798 Жыл бұрын

How about the smtp server with 465 port? How to configure it? I have tried configured with that. But it always stuck in mail queue and the log showed that “Client wrappermode (port smtps/465) is unimplemented. Do you have any suggestion?

@cf_tg6736 4 ай бұрын

tysm

@kimaegaii 10 ай бұрын

@1:09 what would my domain email be, like how do i find what i should put there? thanks

@user-hd5lj7io9i 2 жыл бұрын

good video! thanks!

@TonyTeachesTech 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@matthall8555 2 жыл бұрын

any reason you used postfix over the standard linux 'mail' application?

@nrohankar 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@TonyTeachesTech 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@johnjohnston6897 2 жыл бұрын

when I sent the path to postmap (sudo postmap /etc/postfix/sasl/sasl_psswd) it didn't create a .db file... any idea??

@bhattvi Жыл бұрын

awesome

@jeanssmith5864 3 жыл бұрын

You did well keep going, so I would like to ask you can I send bulk emails if I would like to do that? Or can I use SMTP to others applications senders , thank you

@TonyTeachesTech 3 жыл бұрын

It's possible, I have no experience doing that, but I would like to make you aware of the Gmail's policies on this matter. - support.google.com/mail/answer/22839 - support.google.com/mail/answer/81126 - support.google.com/a/answer/166852

@anfalchouikh1515 2 жыл бұрын

thanks a lot keep going. What are the commands to add here in sending email to chang email transmission protocol i mean to imap or pop3 configuration i really appreciate you help .

@TonyTeachesTech 2 жыл бұрын

Hi thank! Sorry I don’t know

@iamtheyikes Ай бұрын

Great tutorial but i cant locate your video for setting up SASL. Can you please link it to me?

@another-niko-pfp-holder 4 күн бұрын

Is there something that allows you to set postfix up like that on arch?

@StopSocialismUSA 3 жыл бұрын

It might be worth mentioning /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt was on my GNU/Linux machine by default

@TonyTeachesTech 3 жыл бұрын

That might be part of a self-signed cert that is installed with the system

@begelmanleonid6754 Жыл бұрын

is it possible to use sendmail as amtp client with another mail server?

@x.device4046 4 ай бұрын

Tnx

@TonyTeachesTech 4 ай бұрын

@ameer2942 10 ай бұрын

YOU ARE AWSOMEEEE!!!!!!

@roman.brunetti 8 ай бұрын

Great, how about attachments?

@kesteredmund7723 2 жыл бұрын

how to save the sasl email and password? is it control + S

@devidashalge5601 2 жыл бұрын

i have tried in linux but not working can you please guide ?

@jonathansalazar703 2 жыл бұрын

A query, what steps should I follow to be able to change my email? Should I delete the database from the old mail?

@TonyTeachesTech 2 жыл бұрын

Can you rephrase your question? I don't understand

@cloudtech6937 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks bro

@TonyTeachesTech 2 жыл бұрын

Welcome

@adityasharma2705 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, i followed your tutorial and i am able to use sendmail command but the crontab is not able to send mail. like if i use sendmail it works , but if i use the MAILTO=email option in the crontab -e, then it is not sending any email. Thanks for your help

@TonyTeachesTech 2 жыл бұрын

Hmm I'm really not sure what that's happening

@adityasharma2705 2 жыл бұрын

@@TonyTeachesTech yeah found out that my cron was not running so anyone if facing this issue just restart your cron. You can search how to restart cron , there a whole page on stackoverflow

@jonathansalazar703 3 жыл бұрын

Gracias.

@TonyTeachesTech 3 жыл бұрын

@geziraunited Жыл бұрын

I setup my email with virtualmin and Conatbo vps round cube is opened but i can not to connect it with outlook please guide me to fix this problem Thanks , Mohamed

@mikerollin4073 2 жыл бұрын

Noticed a typo on the blog page for this guide in the following line: "Note that now you will have a database file at /etc/postfix/sasl/sadl_passwd.db" sadl_passwd.db should be sasl_passwd.db Thanks for this great guide!

@TonyTeachesTech 2 жыл бұрын

Hey thanks for letting me know Mike. Fixed!

@elpresti 3 жыл бұрын

hello, everything executed as you explained but not working on Ubuntu 18.04.. the emails never arrives (also checked on spam, of course), and I can't reach the postfix_log file to check the reason... anyway, thanks for your help

@TonyTeachesTech 3 жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear that

@dustindecoursey2331 2 жыл бұрын

For anyone else that runs into this, check /var/log/mail.err for errors. Same happened to me and I found a typo in my configuration, easy fix.

@cwegescheide1 Жыл бұрын

@@dustindecoursey2331 thanks Dustin. Now I see what my error is!

@user-xy6gz3rg9u 3 ай бұрын

Sir it says smtp 530 authorization required. what to do now?

@khabobmma8039 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video, I was not able to create the sasl_passwd file at all. Once i input the data inside i am in no way able to save it, i can only get out of it and it never creates it.

@khabobmma8039 2 жыл бұрын

Update: I was able to save the file by using :w

@HijrahTipsandAdvice Жыл бұрын

I didnt see how he saved the vim file. How do we save it once we've created it

@jamesmichaels4209 2 жыл бұрын

thanks

@TonyTeachesTech 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@abumariemegueye2355 3 жыл бұрын

thank for this tuto. during my first test I get a google security notification, google blocked the message.

@TonyTeachesTech 3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@blinddog1212 2 жыл бұрын

Clear directions, but it didn't work for me in the end. I try to send a test mail to myself. The command initiates but I never receive the email (checked spam folder too). I'm using Debian 11.

@TonyTeachesTech 2 жыл бұрын

Hmmm, perhaps check your mail logs at /var/log/ for clues

@pankajdeshmukh6565 2 жыл бұрын

perfect

@TonyTeachesTech 2 жыл бұрын

Great!

@Rickety3263 3 жыл бұрын

Can you do a video on hostnamectl and the importance of fqdn?

@TonyTeachesTech 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe this will help you? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rNB0lbmTlrvQZGg.html

@MrBojo-jv4qq Жыл бұрын

You the man!

@mohamedmanas3055 3 жыл бұрын

I am getting "status=bounced, Authentication required" Error Any idea? In my sassl_passwd file, I'm using direct login password not the App password

@TonyTeachesTech 3 жыл бұрын

You will need to use the App password

@robertwermis2971 Жыл бұрын

Hmmm mine is not working, not sure why.

@cortisolblue2208 2 жыл бұрын

Do you need a domain name? what if i'm just using my pc and I'm not trying to run this off of a server with a paid address? can't my pc's IP just work?

@TonyTeachesTech 2 жыл бұрын

Yes you can use an IP locally

@cortisolblue2208 2 жыл бұрын

@@TonyTeachesTech thanks!

@virtualstudiesforkidds4935 3 жыл бұрын

Hello Sir. I'm not able to send mail through sendmail command. It is just blinking and didn't receive any output.

@TonyTeachesTech 3 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure why

@mariohidalgo6955 3 жыл бұрын

I received this notification: System has not been booted with systemd as init system (PID 1). Can't operate. Failed to connect to bus: Host is down

@TonyTeachesTech 3 жыл бұрын

Hmm, I'm not sure what that means

@habiburdev 2 жыл бұрын

I have followed all steps properly, there is no error, but not getting mail after sending mail.

@TonyTeachesTech 2 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure why emails are not coming through

@saurabhgoreamazing9368 2 жыл бұрын

Have retried the procedure but still no mail can you please tell me why?

@TonyTeachesTech 2 жыл бұрын

I don't know

@kevinramirez7 2 жыл бұрын

I never got the mail :(

@dannyreg8405 2 жыл бұрын

Followed everything to the "T" and still no email. How can I fix it?

@TonyTeachesTech 2 жыл бұрын

If you follow everything exactly, I’m not sure what else to tell you :(

@bablisahu1651 2 жыл бұрын

It is ctrl+d or t in the end??

@TonyTeachesTech 2 жыл бұрын

@airanicolecabrillas3227 3 жыл бұрын

How will postfix accept mail?

@TonyTeachesTech 3 жыл бұрын

This is send only

@sanikapatil9384 2 жыл бұрын

How to edit password ?

@virtualstudiesforkidds4935 3 жыл бұрын

Can we configure this on Ubuntu 16.04 server??

@virtualstudiesforkidds4935 3 жыл бұрын

Hello, I'm not able to send mail through send mail command.

@TonyTeachesTech 3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@uctrungpham2812 3 жыл бұрын

Sorry but I can not recieve email from the server. How can I check mail is sent or not?

@TonyTeachesTech 3 жыл бұрын

You can check the logs at /var/log

@uctrungpham2812 3 жыл бұрын

@@TonyTeachesTech Thank you !!!

@ameenal-azzawi2180 3 жыл бұрын

How to add an attachment?

@TonyTeachesTech 3 жыл бұрын

Sorry, I'm not sure

@ismailshaik416 3 жыл бұрын

mutt -s "test" -a mymail@mail.com

@thilipantanabalan4768 3 жыл бұрын

i receive the error notification "network is unreachable" pls reply

@TonyTeachesTech 3 жыл бұрын

Can you ping google.com or 8.8.8.8?

@thilipantanabalan4768 3 жыл бұрын

@@TonyTeachesTech yes bro

@TonyTeachesTech 3 жыл бұрын

@@thilipantanabalan4768 Hmmm, sounds like the network is reachable. Perhaps try the suggestions here www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/unable-to-connect-to-smtp-gmail-com-network-is-unreachable

@thilipantanabalan4768 3 жыл бұрын

@@TonyTeachesTech ok sir will try

@thilipantanabalan4768 3 жыл бұрын

@@TonyTeachesTech i receive this error bro "(TLS is required, but our TLS engine is unavailable) "

@kayumiman1190 2 жыл бұрын

not work for me :( can u help me sir, please :)

@TonyTeachesTech 2 жыл бұрын

What is the problem?

@kayumiman1190 2 жыл бұрын

@@TonyTeachesTech now its done, i have wrong configuration, i just release i need to put my smtp email and right port, in my contry ur port not work

@hah3691 2 жыл бұрын

didnt work for me

@TonyTeachesTech 2 жыл бұрын

What happened?

@hah3691 2 жыл бұрын

@@TonyTeachesTech i send an email but it doesnt apear to reach its destination and i can see it on my gmails sent box

@TonyTeachesTech 2 жыл бұрын

@@hah3691 Okay so you can see it's sent, but not received. That's odd. Does it bounce back at all?

@wnywebdevelopment8757 3 жыл бұрын

I don't get it. Why would anyone want to send emails through the command line?

@TonyTeachesTech 3 жыл бұрын

In case it's not clear, the sendmail program is used by the system to send emails. Scheduled cronjobs and critical web server errors are just two examples of automated system emails. Additionally, developers can leverage the sendmail command to generate emails in their software. It's not often that people will use the sendmail command directly. That was just for demonstration. But once you configure your Postfix and SMTP settings, you can further configure Ubuntu to send you important messages and alerts that will help you as a system administration.

@wnywebdevelopment8757 3 жыл бұрын

@@TonyTeachesTech Hmmm....So that leaves a lot more unanswered questions. What important messages and alerts would ubuntu be sending? Now you got me curious about this.

@TonyTeachesTech 3 жыл бұрын

@@wnywebdevelopment8757 😊 happy to hear that! Let's say you've created a backup of your website with a cronjob (I'll have a video about this later in the month). It would be valuable to know when the backup fails. Maybe because the destination server is offline or you ran out of disk space. Otherwise you're in the dark until you logon and figure this out for yourself. And in the case of the web server sending emails, I am using Django for a few of my websites which sends me an email when the web server encounters an internal server error for example. These are just 2 examples, but in either case the first step is to properly configure Postfix SMTP settings.

@wnywebdevelopment8757 3 жыл бұрын

@@TonyTeachesTech Thanks for explaining. On my website ownbamboo that I migrated too cloudways. I set up their smtp service with sendinblue for my email marketing campaigns and I use privateemail as the business email because I can use my domain @ownbamboo.com. So seeing that I want my email address with my domain can I do that on postfix for free or should I just keep things as they are and keep paying for my business email?

@wnywebdevelopment8757 3 жыл бұрын

@@TonyTeachesTech Read this article www.linuxbabe.com/mail-server/setup-basic-postfix-mail-sever-ubuntu. This is where I thought you were going with it because you really don't show what to do with postfix after it's installed.