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I am trying to install Postfix on an Ubuntu 16.04 server; this is a web server. I need Postfix for send-only for fail2ban and logwatch.

All Postfix tutorials show that apt install postfix ends with dialog windows. When I run sudo apt install mailutils all I get is a completed script, no install (that I can tell).

How do I configure my install? (there is no /etc/postfix/main.cnf)

Sorry for the lack of support info. I do not know enough to know what to give you. Ask, and I will post what I can.

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  • Are you looking for sudo dpkg-reconfigure postfix? – Gerald Schneider Jan 31 '17 at 14:24
  • @GeraldSchneider I am not sure. Will that take me through the remain installation steps? – Roger Creasy Jan 31 '17 at 14:32
  • For your kind of purposes you don't need normally a fully blown MTA; you can also use nullmailer or ssmtp instead of it. – Marc Stürmer Feb 1 '17 at 6:28
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After spending more time than I should have, I removed and reinstalled Postfix. This action resolved the problem. I guess I had a bad initial install.

My steps:

  1. sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove postfix
  2. sudo apt-get install mailutils

I hope this helps someone else.

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