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=== I need a server to send email ===
=== I need a server to send email ===
You can setup [[Postfix]] to send as an Internet Site.  And you can even use it to send mail through an external service like GMail (called 'smart hosting').  Once you do, you certainly need to add or reconfigure your domains <abbr title="Sender Policy Framework">SPF</abbr> record in [[DNS]]<ref>https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-an-spf-record-to-prevent-spoofing-improve-e-mail-reliability</ref>.  If you just want to use the MX records and A records to control who is valid, then <code>"v=spf1 mx a -all"</code> is the record that works.  This [http://www.spfwizard.net/ wizard] can help.  Once you're done, you can check on things with  
You can setup [[Postfix]] to send as an Internet Site.  And you can even use it to send mail through an external service like GMail (called 'smart hosting').  Once you do, you certainly need to add or reconfigure your domains SPF record in [[DNS]]<ref>https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-an-spf-record-to-prevent-spoofing-improve-e-mail-reliability</ref>.  If you just want to use the MX records and A records to control who is valid, then <code>"v=spf1 mx a -all"</code> is the record that works.  This [http://www.spfwizard.net/ wizard] can help.  Once you're done, you can check on things with  
<code>nslookup -query=mx</code>
<code>nslookup -query=mx</code>