[TUT] Setting up MTA server on Ubuntu Server 12.04.1 LTS

[AGENT_STEELMEAT]

I have written a detailed set of instructions for setting up a basic MTA server on Ubuntu Server 12.04.1 LTS, both 32 and 64 bit.

Click here to access the tutorial.

Please PM if you have any issues or notice that there is something I need to update. Hope this helps!

[Dev]

This is helpful, I remember I had a lot of trouble setting up MTA on Linux for the first time.

[xTravax]

What the fuck is this all install this wtf is that i never seen that before..

[Dev]

What the is this all install this wtf is that i never seen that before..

He's talking about installing MTA server on Linux operating system with Ubuntu.

[Nitride]

Can you please help me? How would I run this as a screen and then how would I access it as a screen to stop the server? Thanks

[AGENT_STEELMEAT]

I'm not using screen here, I use service mtasa stop/start to start/stop the MTA server. It's my personal preference.

To set that up, you would want to set up a shell script to run the screen command to start the MTA server, and modify the upstart job to point to the new shell script.

[csiguusz]

Can you please help me? How would I run this as a screen and then how would I access it as a screen to stop the server? Thanks

To start the server with screen you can use this command:

screen -S mta /something/server/mta-server 

And then press ctrl + A,D (hold ctrl while pressing both buttons) to leave the screen.

To resume the screen:

screen -r mta 

[AGENT_STEELMEAT]

That would start the mta server twice: it is started automatically on boot by Ubuntu (it's an Upstart job). Using that command will start it a second time (or fail). What you should do, however, is create a shell script in the mtasa directory that runs those commands, and then update the upstart job to point to the new shell script.

[csiguusz]

Oh, i didn't read the tutorial just answered his question, but yes, you're right.