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    INSTALLING AND CONFIGURING POSTFIX

    INSTALLING

    1. Creating Some Required Users

    We need to create some users for Postfix to work with, as well as some groups. issue
    the following commands:

    Make a backup of your user and group list files:

    cp /etc/passwd /etc/passwd-original
    cp /etc/group /etc/group-original

    Add a group for Postfix:

    groupadd -g 54321 postdrop

    Add a user for Postfix:

    Double-check before pressing <Enter>. Make sure that you get the CaSe right:

    echo "postfix:*:12345:12345:Postfix:/no/where:/no/shell"
    >>/etc/passwd

    Download Files and Untar

    Download/Copy postfix installation file to your local machine

    scp 192.168.1.60:/usr/local/src/postfix-2.4.5.tar.gz /usr/local/src

    change to the directory where Postfix was downloaded to:

    cd /usr/local/src

    Now we need to untar it:

    tar xzvf postfix-#.#.#.tar.gz

    (#.#.# should be replaced with your version number. This is what I’ll use from now
    on)

    Then change to the directory where Postfix was extracted to:

    cd postfix-#.#.#

    Install

    Then build the program:

    make

    You’ll see many lines on the screen as the source is compiled.


    Now we’ll install Postfix:

    make install

    Press <Enter> to accept all the defaults when asked.

    At this point you can do a very preliminary test, and start/stop postfix:

    postfix start

    You should see: postfix/postfix-script: starting the Postfix mail system

    postfix stop

    You should see: postfix/postfix-script: stopping the Postfix mail system


    CONFIGURING

    The main.cf File

    The main.cf file is the actually file that controls how Postfix will treat mail. The
    structure of the file is actually quite simple, and the commands’ explanation can be
    found on Postfix’s web site. The main.cf file that’s supplied with Postfix includes
    some settings and their explanation. We’ll renamed it to something else, and create
    a new main.cf from scratch.

    Let’s rename the original file, and then edit a brand new one:

    cd /etc/postfix
    mv main.cf main.cf.original

    Now we’ll create a new main.cf:

    touch main.cf

    Edit the main.cf file with the following configuration parameters

    vi main.cf

    myhostname = example.sys
    mydomain = example.sys
    myorigin = $mydomain
    mydestination = $mydomain
    mynetworks_style = host

    Explanation

    myhostname This defines the full hostname for your server. Replace
    example.sys with your host name. For example: somoe.sys
    mydomain Your server’s domain name. Replace example.sys with your
    host name. For example: somoe.sys
    myorigin The domain name that mail coming from this machine will
    appear to come from. You want this set to your domain name.
    mydestination this parameter specifies the list of domains that the machine
    considers itself. The default of $myhostname and
    localhost.$mydomain should do here. Don't specify the virtual
    domains that are hosted on the machine here!
    mynetworks_style This tells Postfix which IPs can send mail through it. Specify
    "mynetworks_style = host" when Postfix should "trust"
    only the local machine.
    INSTALLING AND CONFIGURING SQUIRRELMAIL

    INSTALLING

    Install Squirrelmail

    Method 1:
    rpm –ivh squirelmail-1.4.6-1.noarch.rpm

    Method 2: double click on file window style

    CONFIGURING

    Setup Apache

    Set document root to /usr/share/squirrelmail


    Set Document to /usr/share/squirrelmail

    Setup Squirrelmail

    Run Squirrelmail setup script

    /usr/share/squirrelmail/config/./conf.pl

    Set various configuration parameters important one is the domain found in server
    settings section (option 2 on main panel)
    INSTALLING AND CONFIGURING DOVECOT

    INSTALLING

    Install the RPM

    rpm –ivh dovecot-1.0-1.2.rc15.el5.i386.rpm

    Note: you may have many dependencies, within the directory I have included all
    dependencies rpm’s hence install each dependency as required

    Hint: a quick way to install will be to install all rpms at once e.g

    rpm –ivh file1.rpm file2.rpm file3.rpm file4.rpm file5.rpm

    CONFIGURING

    Edit dovecot configuration file

    Vi /etc/dovecot.conf

    Uncomment or add the following lines

    Protocols pops pop3s imap imaps

    mail_location: mbox:~mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u

    Start dovecot

    /etc/init.d/dovecot start

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