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| - | ===== Installing The Postfix MTA ===== | + | ====== Installing The Postfix MTA ====== |
| - | <note important>This article is under construction and not complete! Please return later...</note> | + | This page is supplemental to main article: [[howtos:network_services:postfix_dovecot_mysql|Creating a Virtual Mail Server with Postfix, Dovecot and MySQL]] |
| Postfix is a popular and secure mail transport agent, or MTA. | Postfix is a popular and secure mail transport agent, or MTA. | ||
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| Copy the package file to the target platform if necessary and install: | Copy the package file to the target platform if necessary and install: | ||
| <code>installpkg {path-to/}postfix-2.11.3-x86_64-1_SBo.tgz</code> | <code>installpkg {path-to/}postfix-2.11.3-x86_64-1_SBo.tgz</code> | ||
| - | ===== Configuring The Postfix MTA ===== | + | ====== Configuring The Postfix MTA ====== |
| You must become familiar with the [[http://www.postfix.org/documentation.html|postfix documentation]] in order to properly configure and administer your mail server. Additionally, a complete set of online documentation for your version is installed from the package to /usr/doc/postfix-2.11.3/html/, learn what is there. | You must become familiar with the [[http://www.postfix.org/documentation.html|postfix documentation]] in order to properly configure and administer your mail server. Additionally, a complete set of online documentation for your version is installed from the package to /usr/doc/postfix-2.11.3/html/, learn what is there. | ||
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| # SSL certificates will be created at these locations when we configure dovecot # | # SSL certificates will be created at these locations when we configure dovecot # | ||
| smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/ssl/localcerts/dove.pem | smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/ssl/localcerts/dove.pem | ||
| - | smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/ssl/localcerts/dove.key | + | smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/ssl/private/dove.key |
| #Accept only secure smtp connections | #Accept only secure smtp connections | ||
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| user= mailuser | user= mailuser | ||
| password = {your mailuser password} | password = {your mailuser password} | ||
| - | host = localhost | + | hosts = localhost |
| dbname = mailserver | dbname = mailserver | ||
| query = SELECT 1 FROM virtual_domains WHERE name='%s' | query = SELECT 1 FROM virtual_domains WHERE name='%s' | ||
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| This will return true (1) if the domain is found, NULL if not found, and an error message if the query or connection is not correctly configured. | This will return true (1) if the domain is found, NULL if not found, and an error message if the query or connection is not correctly configured. | ||
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| + | Also note that other database connection options are available, for example if you are connecting to a remote database server, or multiple servers. See the mysql_table man page from the postfix package for complete connect parameter information. | ||
| Next, we must tell postfix how to identify valid virtual mail box users. This query must also only return true if the mail box exists in the database. | Next, we must tell postfix how to identify valid virtual mail box users. This query must also only return true if the mail box exists in the database. | ||
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| user= mailuser | user= mailuser | ||
| password = {your mailuser password} | password = {your mailuser password} | ||
| - | host = localhost | + | hosts = localhost |
| dbname = mailserver | dbname = mailserver | ||
| query = SELECT 1 FROM virtual_users WHERE email='%s' | query = SELECT 1 FROM virtual_users WHERE email='%s' | ||
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| user= mailuser | user= mailuser | ||
| password = {your mailuser password} | password = {your mailuser password} | ||
| - | host = localhost | + | hosts = localhost |
| dbname = mailserver | dbname = mailserver | ||
| query = SELECT destination FROM virtual_aliases WHERE source='%s' | query = SELECT destination FROM virtual_aliases WHERE source='%s' | ||
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| </code> | </code> | ||
| - | After creating the aliases file, you must use the postmap utility to build the local aliases database... | + | After creating the aliases file, you must use the newaliases utility to build the local aliases database... |
| - | <code>postmap /etc/aliases</code> | + | <code>newaliases</code> |
| This will create the file /etc/aliases.db in format useable by postfix. | This will create the file /etc/aliases.db in format useable by postfix. | ||
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| [[howtos:network_services:postfix_dovecot_mysql|Return to main article page]] | [[howtos:network_services:postfix_dovecot_mysql|Return to main article page]] | ||
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| + | ====== Sources ====== | ||
| + | * Based primarily on [[http://www.postfix.org/documentation.html|Postfix documentation]] | ||
| + | * Originally written by [[wiki:user:astrogeek | astrogeek]] | ||
| {{tag>howtos postfix dovecot mysql}} | {{tag>howtos postfix dovecot mysql}} | ||
