Postfix Mail Configuration in RHEL (Just in 2 Minutes)

INSTALL POSTFIX MAIL SERVER ON RHEL 8

1. To install packages on RHEL 8 / CentOS 8 use dnf command. Install postfix package by using the following command:
# dnf install postfix
2. To enable and start systemd service enter:
systemctl enable postfix ; systemctl start postfix
3. To verify the service is working we can install the mailx package:
# dnf install mailx
4. As a normal user (named vikasnehra on the lab machine) we write a mail to the admin, in this example we request for more (what else?) disk space:
$ mail root
Subject: quota rise request
Dear admin,
Please increase my disk quota with 1 GB.
Thanks, vikasnehra
.
EOT
Where mail is the client we use, and root is the recipient. The last line containing only a dot will signal the mail client this is the end of our mail, which will be handed to postfix for delivery.
5. To verify the mail is arrived, log in as root (the recipient), and type mail. You should see the list of your mails, with this only item on the list sent in the last step:
# mail
Heirloom Mail version 12.5 7/5/10. Type ? for help.
"/var/spool/mail/root": 1 message 1 new
&

You are done. Thanks for watching..

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