Working with Email - 2

CompTIA Linux+ Domain:

Domain 2.0: Systems Operations and Maintenance

CompTIA Linux+ Objective:

Objective 2.5: Summarize and explain server roles

    Overview

    This lab provides guidance on performing Lab 10: Working with Email of the Linux+. By performing this lab, students will learn how to customize mail aliases and setup mail forwarding.

    OUTCOMES:
     

    In this lab, you will learn to:

    1. Customize mail aliases.
    2. Set up mail forwarding.
    Courses

    Key terms and descriptions

    mail aliases
    In Postfix, you can set up mail aliases and distribution lists in the /etc/aliases file.
    mailx
    mailx is an email client or message user agent on Linux that allows you to use the terminal to send and read email on your Linux system.
    mail forwarding
    Aliases are great tool for system administrators to use to manage aliases and distribution lists. There is a special file called .forward that allows users to set up mail forwarding using Postfix.