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+ | ====== Installing The Dovecot MDA ====== | ||
- | ===== Installing The Dovecot MDA ===== | + | This page is supplemental to main article: [[howtos: |
- | <note important> | + | |
Dovecot is a popular and secure mail delivery agent, or MDA, which can be configured to work alongside the postfix MTA. | Dovecot is a popular and secure mail delivery agent, or MDA, which can be configured to work alongside the postfix MTA. | ||
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< | < | ||
- | ===== Configuring The Dovecot MDA ===== | + | ====== Configuring The Dovecot MDA ====== |
You should become familiar with the [[http:// | You should become familiar with the [[http:// | ||
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We will work from top to bottom of the copied file list to perform configuration. | We will work from top to bottom of the copied file list to perform configuration. | ||
- | Open the file, / | + | Open the file, / |
< | < | ||
vi / | vi / | ||
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< | < | ||
- | vi / | + | vi / |
# Uncomment and set the mail_location path # | # Uncomment and set the mail_location path # | ||
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</ | </ | ||
- | Next we set up the SSL configuration | + | Next we set up the SSL configuration |
< | < | ||
vi / | vi / | ||
- | ... uncomment | + | |
+ | # Uncomment | ||
ssl = required | ssl = required | ||
ssl_cert = </ | ssl_cert = </ | ||
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< | < | ||
vi / | vi / | ||
- | ... find the " | + | |
+ | # Find the " | ||
passdb { | passdb { | ||
driver = sql | driver = sql | ||
args = / | args = / | ||
} | } | ||
- | ... find the " | + | |
+ | # Find the " | ||
userdb { | userdb { | ||
driver = static | driver = static | ||
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</ | </ | ||
- | Now we want to further secure the installation by making all dovecot configutation files owned by vmail and accessible by the dovecot group, | + | Now we want to further secure the installation by making all dovecot configutation files owned by the non--privledged |
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chmod -R o-rwx / | chmod -R o-rwx / | ||
</ | </ | ||
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[[howtos: | [[howtos: | ||
+ | ====== Sources ====== | ||
+ | * Based primarily on [[http:// | ||
+ | * Originally written by [[wiki: | ||
{{tag> | {{tag> |