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diff --git a/doc/administration/reply_by_email_postfix_setup.md b/doc/administration/reply_by_email_postfix_setup.md index f4fcbefa403..aaadeef8bf5 100644 --- a/doc/administration/reply_by_email_postfix_setup.md +++ b/doc/administration/reply_by_email_postfix_setup.md @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +--- +stage: none +group: unassigned +info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ux/technical-writing/#designated-technical-writers +--- + # Set up Postfix for incoming email This document will take you through the steps of setting up a basic Postfix mail @@ -85,9 +91,10 @@ The instructions make the assumption that you will be using the email address `i quit ``` - _**Note:** The `.` is a literal period on its own line._ + NOTE: **Note:** + The `.` is a literal period on its own line. - _**Note:** If you receive an error after entering `rcpt to: incoming@localhost` + If you receive an error after entering `rcpt to: incoming@localhost` then your Postfix `my_network` configuration is not correct. The error will say 'Temporary lookup failure'. See [Configure Postfix to receive email from the Internet](#configure-postfix-to-receive-email-from-the-internet)._ @@ -158,11 +165,11 @@ Courier, which we will install later to add IMAP authentication, requires mailbo q ``` - _**Note:** If `mail` returns an error `Maildir: Is a directory` then your + If `mail` returns an error `Maildir: Is a directory` then your version of `mail` doesn't support Maildir style mailboxes. Install `heirloom-mailx` by running `sudo apt-get install heirloom-mailx`. Then, try the above steps again, substituting `heirloom-mailx` for the `mail` - command._ + command. 1. Sign out of the `incoming` account, and go back to being `root`: @@ -265,7 +272,8 @@ Courier, which we will install later to add IMAP authentication, requires mailbo quit ``` - (Note: The `.` is a literal period on its own line) + NOTE: **Note:** + The `.` is a literal period on its own line. 1. Check if the `incoming` user received the email: |