MailServer

Postfix Tutorials

• RedHat: https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/install-configure-postfix
• Linux.com: https://www.linux.com/training-tutorials/install-and-configure-postfix-mail-server/
• Postfix: http://www.postfix.org/BASIC_CONFIGURATION_README.html
• DigitalOcean: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-configure-postfix-on-ubuntu-20-04
  • Interesting - see: sudo DEBIAN_PRIORITY=low apt install postfix

SPF DNS Entry

Traxel Settings

• IPV4: 69.10.40.10
• IPV6: fe80::d227:88ff:fe34:7999/64
• Format: v=spf1 ip4:40.113.200.201 ip6:2001:db8:85a3:8d3:1319:8a2e:370:7348 include:thirdpartydomain.com ~all

• Start with the SPF version, v=spf1.
  • Indicates that this is an SPF record.
  • Will always be spf1 as other SPF versions have been discontinued.
    • We'll only ever need 640K of RAM.
• Next, all IP addresses that are eligible to send email on behalf of your domain.
  • Space delimited
  • prefix ip[n]:
  • ip4:69.10.40.10 ip6:fe80::d227:88ff:fe34:7999
• Next comes the include statement, which lists every third party organization that sends email on your behalf.
  • Does this mean interserver? Is this the part where reverse lookups come in?
  • include:thirdpartydomain.com
• The end of the SPF record is the strictness level.
  • "-all" - strictest, fail email that doesn't come from this ip list
  • "~all" - accept but flag email from other servers
  • "+all" - anything goes
  • I'll be using "-all".

Looks like the only remaining question is the "include" tag. How do I handle the include tag and/or flag my server from the reverse lookup standpoint?

• If no include:
  • v=spf1 ip4:69.10.40.10 ip6:fe80::d227:88ff:fe34:7999 -all
  • This works. Problem solved. Grumble.
• If yes include:
  • v=spf1 ip4:69.10.40.10 ip6:fe80::d227:88ff:fe34:7999 include:systemicbias.com -all

DeadmanDAO

Create Instance

1. go to interserver
2. create a single slice instance ($6/mo at this time)
   1. Debian
   2. KVM
3. Log in root@ip.address using password you provided

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get install sudo

Set SPF

apt-get install net-tools
ifconfig

That'll give you the ip4 and ip6 addresses, which go into the DNS text record:

• v=spf1 ip4:66.23.226.216 ip6:fe80::216:3eff:fe24:10e1 -all

Set Other DNS

• A Record, diffie, 66.23.226.216
• CNAME Record, @, diffie.deadmandao.com
• CNAME Record, www, diffie.deadmandao.com
• CNAME Record, mail, diffie.deadmandao.com
• TXT Record, diffe, v=spf1 ip4:66.23.226.216 ip6:fe80::216:3eff:fe24:10e1 -all
• MX Record, deadmandao.com, mail.deadmandao.com, 10

Set Hostname

apt-get install emacs-nox
emacs -nw /etc/hostname
diffie
emacs -nw /etc/hosts
66.23.226.216	diffie.deadmandao.com diffie
reboot
hostname
hostname --all-fqdn
dnsdomainname

Webserver

apt-get install apache2

Put something up in /var/www/html

SMTP Server

apt-get install postfix

deadmandao.com is the host domain

IMAP Server

Skip this step.

apt-get install d o v e c o t - i m a p d

Up next should be Let's Encrypt, but I am going to skip that for now.

I'm actually thinking I don't need an IMAP server for DeadmanDAO or for BSBC, so I'm going to just leave this dangling. I'll probably do a fresh server build anyway and skip this step.

Mailman

• https://docs.mailman3.org/en/latest/pre-installation-guide.html