Email Server Guides

Every organization needs email service. Whether you're running a personal blog or an entire company's web infrastructure on your Linodes, these guides will assist you in getting a stable mail/groupware server up and running quickly.

Running a Mail Server

Our guide to running a mail server on your Linode.

Email with Postfix, Dovecot, and MySQL

Setting up a mail server with Postfix, Dovecot, and MySQL.

Using Google Apps for Email

Setting up Google Apps with the Linode DNS Manager to handle email for your domains.

Email Clients

Using Fetchmail to Retrieve Email
Retrieving Email Using Getmail
Install SquirrelMail on Ubuntu 16.04 or Debian 8
Install Roundcube on Ubuntu 14.04

Postfix Guides

Email with Postfix, Dovecot and MariaDB on CentOS 7
Configure SPF and DKIM in Postfix on Debian 8
Troubleshooting Problems with Postfix, Dovecot, and MySQL
Configure Postfix to Send Mail Using Gmail and Google Apps on Debian or Ubuntu
Pflogsumm for Postfix Monitoring on CentOS 6
Email with Postfix, Dovecot and MySQL on CentOS 6
Configure Postfix to Send Mail Using an External SMTP Server
Email with Postfix, Dovecot, and MySQL

Citadel Guides

How to install and run Citadel, the combined SMTP/POP3/IMAP server on your Linode.

Email with Citadel on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Truly Tahr)

Zimbra Groupware Guides

Install Zimbra Open Source Edition on Ubuntu 14.04

iRedMail Guides

How to install and run the mail server iRedMail on your Linode.

Installing iRedMail on your Linode