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Email is one of the primary uses of a Fedora Linux based server or desktop system in both home and business environments. Given both the importance and popularity of email it is surprising to some people to find out how complex the email structure is on a Linux system and this complexity can often be a little overwhelming to the Linux newcomer.
== Configuring the Linux Email System ==
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Many systems use the Sendmail MTA to transfer email messages and on many Linux distributions this is the default Mail Transfer Agent. Sendmail is, however, a complex system that can be difficult for beginner and experienced user alike to understand and configure. It is also falling from favor because it is considered to be slower at processing email messages than many of the more recent MTAs available.
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The postfix process should now start up. The best way to check that everything is working is to check you your mail log. This is typically in /var/log/maillog and should now contain an entry that looks like:
Nov 21 13:05:46 mylinuxhost postfix/postfix-script: starting the Postfix mail system
The next step, the configuration of a mail client on Fedora is covered in the next chapter entitled ([[Configuring a Fedora Linux Mail Client (Evolution)]])
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