Restore main.cf Postfix

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Hello,

I have broke my main.cf of postfix. How can i restore it ?
Or someone can send me an example to see what i have change.

!thanks

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Have you tried:

$ sudo mailinabox
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Yes thats not ok, file stay the same

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You could try deleting (or renaming) the file and then sudo mailinabox again.

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nop i have try it, but thanks

FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: ‘/etc/postfix/main.cf’

and this not good too

curl -s https://mailinabox.email/setup.sh | sudo bash

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Backup the server and reinstall. It seems like you have something else going on.

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curl -s https://mailinabox.email/setup.sh | sudo -E bash

try again…

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I missed that. Thanks.

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Hello i have found something, it was just that is missing but sasl_authenticated = defer_unauth_destination and cause smtp to much instance.

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I am curious @Fahrenheitz why you are even tinkering with main.cf in the first place?

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Only to amend what @alento is asking: is the box used as anyone’s primary email or DNS service, or is it just a domain or domains that you are experimenting with? Because the latter is what you should have for these kinds of activities…

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hi alento. This is because all the ip from one provider are blacklisted and I wanted to install a smtp relay via a trusted third party, in particular for gmail, hotmail, outlook. I happen to spam for this one all the time even with a 10/10 share to mail-test

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Hi openletter, yes it is for my domains, I have been using miab for 3 years. But arriving in spam is a problem for me.

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Gotcha!

Do you have a smtp provider in mind? I operate AnyMXRelay in case you are in need of a reliable low cost SMTP relay.

If you are not in need, I can likely assist you with the lines that need to be changed.

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Yes, it’s a problem, but when we break our configurations trying to solve a problem, we just create another breakage. I’ve even gotten the $0.88 first year throw-away domains without renewal just for testing. Don’t care about spamassassin points when it’s just for testing.

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thanks for the help i m very interested, but now i m testing a vps (vpn installed) with a good ip and so i can host my server at my works. Alento and openletter I keep you posted thank you for your help :slight_smile: and perhaps with a relay like anymxrelay.

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It is a little expensive i found, i have found a french firm , yes i m french with this https://relai-smtp.com/

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That is a reasonable cost option. Most of the standard options available to the capitalistic English speaking market start at $50 per month, which is where I mainly compete. :slight_smile:

If you followed their guide here: Postfix – Foire Aux Questions you should have no issues with the installation. The one thing that their instructions do not include, which mine do, is to make a copy of main.cf BEFORE you begin, so that you can revert your changes.

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yes for sure i will make a copy now :slight_smile:

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I think the question here is, why doesn’t sudo mailinabox fix “everything”?
@Fahrenheitz An easy way to restore any missing postfix config files is to apt remove postfix and run sudo mailinabox again.

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