Postfix mailer and Dovecot
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Postfix mailer and Dovecot
__ _ -o)/ / (_)__ __ ____ __ Derek Winterstien /\\ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / r.o.a.c.h.@.r.o.b.o.t.z...c.o.m _\_v __/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ Trustix Secure Linux / Redhat Linux ..............................................................................
(A). Postfix
Postfix should be configured to start up on boot
chkconfig Postfix on
Make some configuration changes in postfix
vi /etc/postfix/main.cf
Add / Modify the following
inet_interfaces = all mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, $mydomain myorigin = $mydomain
(B). Dovecot
Install from RPM or latest from source. 20:15, 25 June 2007 (CDT)20:15, 25 June 2007 (CDT)20:15, 25 June 2007 (CDT)20:15, 25 June 2007 (CDT)20:15, 25 June 2007 (CDT)20:15, 25 June 2007 (CDT)20:15, 25 June 2007 (CDT)20:15, 25 June 2007 (CDT)20:15, 25 June 2007 (CDT)20:15, 25 June 2007 (CDT)20:15, 25 June 2007 (CDT)20:15, 25 June 2007 (CDT)20:15, 25 June 2007 (CDT)20:15, 25 June 2007 (CDT)20:15, 25 June 2007 (CDT)Admin
Compiling Dovecot From Sources:
./configure make sudo make install
Redhat/Fedora
You will need to create a file under /etc/pam.d named dovecot with the following info:
auth required pam_unix.so nullok account required pam_unix.so
SysV Init Script for dovecot:
#!/bin/bash # # Init file for Dovecot on Trustix Linux # Dovecot was compiled from source. # Written by Derek B. Winterstien # http://linux.dbw.org/ # Star City Linux User Group source /etc/init.d/functions [ -x /usr/local/sbin/dovecot ] || exit 1 [ -r /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf ] || exit 1 RETVAL=0 prog="dovecot" desc="dovecot daemon" start() { echo -n $"Starting $desc ($prog): " daemon $prog RETVAL=$? echo [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/$prog return $RETVAL } stop() { echo -n $"Shutting down $desc ($prog): " killproc $prog RETVAL=$? echo [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/subsys/$prog return $RETVAL } restart() { stop start } reload() { echo -n $"Reloading $desc ($prog): " killproc $prog -HUP RETVAL=$? echo return $RETVAL } case "$1" in start) start ;; stop) stop ;; restart) restart ;; reload) reload ;; condrestart) [ -e /var/lock/subsys/$prog ] && restart RETVAL=$? ;; status) status $prog RETVAL=$? ;; *) echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|reload|condrestart|status}" RETVAL=1 esac exit $RETVAL