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This document provides instructions for configuring a mail server on Red Hat Linux. It describes installing Postfix as the mail transfer agent (MTA), configuring Dovecot for POP3 and IMAP access, creating user accounts, sending a test email between users, and configuring the SquirrelMail webmail interface. Key steps include installing system-switch-mail-gnome, restarting Postfix and setting it to start on boot, configuring Dovecot, adding users, sending an email from the root user to a new user, and configuring SquirrelMail's SMTP and server settings.
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- 2. Web Server By default mail server(MTA) is configured for Send Mail. To change it to Postfix we have to install system-switchmail-gnome either during insatalltion of redhat or by installing .rpm package. Then proceed as follows:- #system-switch-mail
- 35. Web Server Save and quit #service postfix restart #chkconfig postfix on Now configure Dovecot(MUA-Mail User Agent)-it uses POP (post office protocol)and IMAP(intenet messege acess protocol) protocol. # nano /etc/dovecot.conf
- 40. Web Server Save and quit #service dovecot restart #chkconfig dovecot on Now create users # adduser sameer #passwd sameer # adduser rahim #passwd rahim
- 41. Web Server To send mail:- from root #mail –vs(verify subject) “hi sameer” sameer@server.example.com (enter) Type body: Hi how r u sameer (Cntrl +D) Cc:rahim2server.example.com (Cntrl +D) #
- 42. Web Server To check mail:- log out from root login sameer
- 51. Web Server Now log out from sameer and login again as root Proceed to configure Squirrelmail
- 61. Web Server Command>>2(server settings) >>1 >>example.com Command>>3 (SMTP) >>2 Command>>A >>4 >>server.example.com
- 62. Web Server Command>>B >>4 >>server.example.com Save data Press ‘S’ Quit Press ‘Q’ #service httpd restart
- 79. Finally! I know that by now you have no questions to ask……………..