How Do We Set Up Our Own Send-Only SMTP Server? (Postfix, Docker, Gmail)

<p>Hello, in this article, I will try to answer the question of how to set up an&nbsp;<strong>SMTP</strong>&nbsp;(Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) server in our local environment and send emails from our remote server using our own postfix server. I will continue explaining through the following points:</p> <p>1- What is SMTP and SMTP Server?</p> <p>2- What is Postfix?</p> <p>3- What is a Gmail App Password and How to Obtain It?</p> <p>4- Let&rsquo;s create our server in a Docker environment.</p> <ol> <li><strong>What is SMTP and SMTP Server?</strong></li> </ol> <p><strong>SMTP</strong>&nbsp;(Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is a communication protocol used for sending emails.</p> <p><strong>SMTP server</strong>: It is the server that receives and forwards incoming and outgoing emails using this protocol. The SMTP server receives email messages created by the sender and performs the necessary actions to route them to the destination server.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@aedemirsen/how-do-we-set-up-our-own-send-only-smtp-server-postfix-docker-gmail-6a8a1bb57ea5"><strong>Website</strong></a></p>
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