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I have a bash script to automate configuration of new Ubuntu systems. It works, except that postfix's process installation persists in bringing up a menu-based interface. I followed the answer given to this other question about how to prevent this from happening, yet it doesn't work for me, and I have not been able to understand why. Here is the relevant fragment from the bash script:

ubuntu_configure_postfix()
{
    # Set up mail so that daemons can send out mail.

    echo "postfix postfix/mailname string `hostname`.ourdomain.org" | debconf-set-selections
    echo "postfix postfix/main_mailer_type string 'Satellite system'" | debconf-set-selections
    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -y install postfix
    apt-get -y install mailutils
    echo "root: me@ourdomain.org" >> /etc/aliases
    newaliases
}

Can someone help me find my mistake? How can I make the postfix installation completely non-interactive?

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mhucka
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I'm setting them like this:

debconf-set-selections <<< "postfix postfix/main_mailer_type string 'Internet Site'"

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