Postfix install does not display setup windows

Question

I am trying to install Postfix on an Ubuntu 16.04 server; this is a web server. I need Postfix for send-only for fail2ban and logwatch.

All Postfix tutorials show that apt install postfix ends with dialog windows. When I run sudo apt install mailutils all I get is a completed script, no install (that I can tell).

How do I configure my install? (there is no /etc/postfix/main.cnf)

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@GeraldSchneider I am not sure. Will that take me through the remain installation steps? — Roger Creasy, Jan 31 '17 at 14:32
For your kind of purposes you don't need normally a fully blown MTA; you can also use nullmailer or ssmtp instead of it. — Marc Stürmer, Feb 01 '17 at 06:28

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 01 '17 at 20:14

After spending more time than I should have, I removed and reinstalled Postfix. This action resolved the problem. I guess I had a bad initial install.

My steps:

sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove postfix
sudo apt-get install mailutils

I hope this helps someone else.

Postfix install does not display setup windows

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