==Email Forwarding==
The Email Forwarding system is presently housed on the Society's virtual server at the Dallas RimuHosting site, and must be accessed remotely. It consists primarily of a list in '/etc/postfix/virtual'. Once edited, 'postfix /etc/postfix/virtual' must be run. There is a macro called 'emailmaint' that launches the file in 'nano' and then runs 'postfix' to make sure all is done.
The structure of the file is that each line may list an email address followed by one or more addresses to which mail received for the first is forwarded. If a line starts with a space, tab, or #, it is considered a comment. The first address must be separated from the second by a space or tab. The second address must be separated from any others by a comma (and no space or tab). Addressing may be recursive; that is, one address may forward to another Society address, as when <chivalry.comm@augustansociety.org> forwards to <chivalry@augustansociety.org> (and others), which in turn forwards to the current chairman <firstname.lastname@augustansociety.net>, before finally being forwarded to the member's personal email.
The Society receives a very substantial amount of spam. Going through this to pluck out the few valid messages takes a great deal of the Postmaster's hours. He is presently working on an improved spam filter to reduce this burden. The Postmaster is expected to check the spam buckets this nearly daily, with backups (or the Webmaster) being asked to cover for any extended absence.
Current plans are to abandon our Postfix server in favor of "G Suites". Maintenance of the Postfix server will be minimal going forward in anticipation of this change.
==Email Server & Spam Filter==