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Asked: 2010-07-22 20:49:31 +0800 CST

Which MTA to install on a Ubuntu hardy EC2 Instance

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Which MTA should I install on a Ubuntu hardy EC2 Instance? I hear that Postfix is the default MTA on Ubuntu.

I will also need installation and config instructions. This MTA will deliver mail to a SMTP server running outside of the AWS environment.

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2 Answers

  1. Unless you have any special requirements, I would definitely go with Postfix. Apart from being a very capable MTA in general, the part about it being the default choice also means that there will be more easily available documentation.

    Assuming you answer properly on the questions asked during the install (apt-get install postfix) you will get an ok configuration to start of. Depending on whatever you also want to listen on SMTP you should choose either Internet with smarthost or Satellite system.

    Also, see https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/serverguide/C/postfix.html

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  2. Best Answer

    Postfix is indeed a very versatile and well documented MTA. Another one I played around with is Exim4, although this was on Debian5 and not Ubuntu. Yet I prefer Postfix over Exim.

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