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    Disabling the VPS Mailservice

    You can use the VPS mail service on the TransIP VPS platform. Using this service, mails from your VPS are sent via our mail servers. This way you benefit from the IP reputation of our mail servers and your mail arrives more easily without being marked as spam by accident.

    It is also possible to instead send mail directly via your VPS. In this article we'll show you howto disable the VPS mailservice (assuming you're using it right now) for:

    Perform the steps in this article as root user, or use sudo.


    Disabling the VPS-mailservice in Postfix or Plesk

     

    Step 1

    Open the Postfix configuration file:

    nano /etc/postfix/main.cf

     

    Step 2

    Remove the code below in the opened file. Save your work afterwards and close the file again (ctrl + x > y > enter).

    relayhost = vps.transip.email:587
    smtp_sasl_auth_enable = yes
    smtp_sasl_security_options = noanonymous
    smtp_sasl_password_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/sasl_passwd
    smtp_use_tls = yes
    smtp_tls_security_level = encrypt
    smtp_tls_note_starttls_offer = yes

     

    Step 3

    Finally, remove the file which contains the log in information for the VPS mailservice and restart postfix:

    rm /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd
    systemctl restart postfix

    Your VPS now no longer makes use of the VPS mailservice.


    Disabling the VPS mailservice in Exim, DirectAdmin or cPanel

     

    Step 1

    Open Exim's configuration file:

    nano /etc/exim/exim.conf

     

    Step 2

    Remove the code below. Save your changes afterwards and close the file again (ctrl + x > y > enter).

    transip_email:
      driver = manualroute
      domains = ! +local_domains
      ignore_target_hosts = 127.0.0.0/8
      transport = auth_relay
      route_list = * vps.transip.email::587
      no_more
    
    auth_relay:
      driver = smtp
      port = 587
      hosts_require_auth = <; $host_address
      hosts_require_tls = <; $host_address
    
    auth_login:
      driver = plaintext
      public_name = LOGIN
      client_send = : xxxxxxxxx@vps.transip.email : hsmTmKGAbQWuGuHE
      server_set_id = $1

     

    Step 3

    Finally, restart Exim:

    rm /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd
    systemctl restart postfix

    Your VPS now no longer makes use of the VPS mailservice.


    Disabling the VPS-mailservice in Exchange Server

     

    Open the Exchange Management Shell and use the following command:

    Remove-SendConnector "TransIP"

    Your VPS now no longer makes use of the VPS mailservice.


     

    This concludes our article on disabling the VPS mailservice.

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