How To Install and Configure Postfix on Ubuntu 24.04

To install and configure Postfix on Ubuntu 24.04, follow the steps below.

Step 1 : First, ensure your package index is up-to-date:

sudo apt update

Step 2 : Install Postfix with the following command.

sudo apt install postfix

When prompted, select "Internet Site":

And enter your system mail name

Step 3 : Check the status of Postfix to ensure it's running:

sudo systemctl status postfix

Step 4 : Test Postfix

- Install mailutils:

sudo apt install mailutils

- Open a temporary mail service website, for example, temp-mail.org.

- Send an email to your temporary email address.

echo "Email body" | mail -s "Subject" your_email

- Check if you received the email on the temporary mail service website.

Step 5 : You can check the mail logs to verify that Postfix is processing emails correctly.

sudo cat /var/log/mail.log

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Postfix on Ubuntu 24.04.