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Do you have any tips for setting up a new VPS? I just got one recently. I know my way around Apache, but I've never run a mail server before, so I'm reluctant to move my domain until I know that I won't miss any emails in the process. (I'm using Ubuntu Server 12.04)

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My knowledge of command line Linux was pretty limited to changing ownership of files, using wget and configuring Apache but like yourself my knowledge of setting up email and whatnot was flaky.

Fortunately, you're in luck. I learned everything about managing a VPS from Linode's own excellent documentation. This is the guide I used for setting up mail: http://library.linode.com/email/postfix/gateway-ubuntu-10.10... — bit out of date, but still relevant I am pretty sure and worked for me when I needed it.

Thanks, that will be very helpful.

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