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 # Vhost Stack
 
+## Requirements
+A minimal Ubuntu 22.04 server install.
+It is recommended to first install base-stack which will configure a basic server set up including firewald & fail2ban to secure the server:
+https://git.stack-source.com/msb/base-stack
+
 ## Install
 ```
 cd /usr/local/src/
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 ## Mail Server
 For an integrated and full featured mail server configuration it's recommended to install vmail-stack:
 https://git.stack-source.com/msb/vmail-stack
-If you just want a minimal smtp mail server for getting automated emails (cron, website contact forms, etc.) off the server you can install and configure exim4-daemon-light with these commands:
+If you just want a minimal smtp mail server for getting automated emails (cron, website contact forms, etc.) off the server you can install and configure exim4-daemon-light with the commands below. Note if you started with base-stack this has already been done.
+
 ```
 apt -y install exim4-daemon-light mailutils
 sed -i "s|dc_eximconfig_configtype='local'|dc_eximconfig_configtype='internet'|g" /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf
 /usr/sbin/update-exim4.conf
 systemctl restart exim4
+echo "user@example.com" > /root/.forward
 ```
 
 ## License