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  • Madchatthewundefined

    So I was updating the server today and realized I didn’t have Reflector running on it. So I install that and set it up to run as a service. So my hope is that the mirrorlist will always stay updated so I won’t have the error pop up in case I were to miss a bunch of upgrades for some reason.

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  • Madchatthewundefined

    So my next project with the Arch Server is to get the email working properly on it. I actually do have it setup so I can set up the email account in an email client. The part I am having trouble with is setting up the email to be able to send from a WordPress site. I put in the information that I do for the email client and it just won’t send the email out. I also believe that it won’t send to a Gmail account so I think I have something not entered in correctly for the dmarc or the spf. So I need to figure that out, but once I do, I should have a fully functional email server that works for different applications.

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  • Madchatthewundefined Madchatthew

    So my next project with the Arch Server is to get the email working properly on it. I actually do have it setup so I can set up the email account in an email client. The part I am having trouble with is setting up the email to be able to send from a WordPress site. I put in the information that I do for the email client and it just won’t send the email out. I also believe that it won’t send to a Gmail account so I think I have something not entered in correctly for the dmarc or the spf. So I need to figure that out, but once I do, I should have a fully functional email server that works for different applications.

    phenomlabundefined

    @Madchatthew Are you using Postfix for this in terms of the back-end?

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  • phenomlabundefined phenomlab

    @Madchatthew Are you using Postfix for this in terms of the back-end?

    Madchatthewundefined

    @phenomlab yes, postfix and dovecot.

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  • Madchatthewundefined

    So I am thinking maybe I need to do this with the config file and the functions file in the template to get the emailing from wordpress to work when submitting a form?

    I am currently using WP SMTP Mail plugin, which I would think would configure all of this for me when I put in the information.

    https://www.mailersend.com/blog/wordpress-send-email#:~:text=Send an email with the WordPress API and wp_mail() function&text=php files%2C you can call,entered into the wp-config.

    I also need to go back through this to make sure I set all this up correctly as well.

    https://www.omnisend.com/blog/wordpress-send-email/

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  • Madchatthewundefined

    I was able to get the email server working appropriately this weekend. So now emails will be sent through to Gmail and such. I has to change the value of what was in my spf record, I added a dmarc and I already had a dkim entry in the DNS. I didn’t have to do anything to the dkim entry. I also had to point postfix to my SSL certificate of the server rather than the self signed one. Now I will be able to work on getting spam detection setup and virus scanning.

    I was pretty happy when everything started working. I was able to do all of these changes without having to reboot the server. That is very nice so there was no down time. Of course using Debian or Ubuntu there is virtualmin that would have done all the configuration for me, but it was actually pretty fun getting things up and running and seeing all the interactions that are required on the backend. It is crazy everything that takes place that you don’t even realize when using the front end like virtualmin.

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  • Madchatthewundefined Madchatthew

    I was able to get the email server working appropriately this weekend. So now emails will be sent through to Gmail and such. I has to change the value of what was in my spf record, I added a dmarc and I already had a dkim entry in the DNS. I didn’t have to do anything to the dkim entry. I also had to point postfix to my SSL certificate of the server rather than the self signed one. Now I will be able to work on getting spam detection setup and virus scanning.

    I was pretty happy when everything started working. I was able to do all of these changes without having to reboot the server. That is very nice so there was no down time. Of course using Debian or Ubuntu there is virtualmin that would have done all the configuration for me, but it was actually pretty fun getting things up and running and seeing all the interactions that are required on the backend. It is crazy everything that takes place that you don’t even realize when using the front end like virtualmin.

    phenomlabundefined

    @Madchatthew said in Arch Server Progress:

    Of course using Debian or Ubuntu there is virtualmin that would have done all the configuration for me, but it was actually pretty fun getting things up and running and seeing all the interactions that are required on the backend. It is crazy everything that takes place that you don’t even realize when using the front end like virtualmin.

    Never a more true statement made. Virtualmin, whilst very convenient and “easy” (to a degree) often masks the real effort needed to get something working, and understanding what is “under the hood” is always better. When it breaks, you know where to look to fix.

    Author of OGProxy, Swatch, Threaded, Card, and most of Sudonix's bugs…

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  • phenomlabundefined phenomlab

    @Madchatthew said in Arch Server Progress:

    Of course using Debian or Ubuntu there is virtualmin that would have done all the configuration for me, but it was actually pretty fun getting things up and running and seeing all the interactions that are required on the backend. It is crazy everything that takes place that you don’t even realize when using the front end like virtualmin.

    Never a more true statement made. Virtualmin, whilst very convenient and “easy” (to a degree) often masks the real effort needed to get something working, and understanding what is “under the hood” is always better. When it breaks, you know where to look to fix.

    Madchatthewundefined

    @phenomlab yes, and I never realized how in depth and how many processes it takes to manually do what Virtualmin does and I have a new found respect for everything that needs to happen for Virtualmin to make a virtual host and for everything to work.

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  • Madchatthewundefined Madchatthew

    @phenomlab yes, and I never realized how in depth and how many processes it takes to manually do what Virtualmin does and I have a new found respect for everything that needs to happen for Virtualmin to make a virtual host and for everything to work.

    phenomlabundefined

    @Madchatthew it really is a great product - you cannot argue that.

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  • phenomlabundefined phenomlab

    @Madchatthew it really is a great product - you cannot argue that.

    Madchatthewundefined

    @phenomlab said in Arch Server Progress:

    @Madchatthew it really is a great product - you cannot argue that.

    100% agree!

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