Mail Server

Mail server

• MX record: see Djb Dns
• apt-get install postfix uw-imapd-ssl
  • postfix basic configuration
  • uw-imapd docs
• here's the tail of /etc/postfix/main.cf

...
# appending .domain is the MUA's job.
append_dot_mydomain = yes
myhostname = wesley
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
myorigin = /etc/mailname
mydestination = biowiki.org, wesley, mail, localhost.localdomain, localhost
relayhost = 
mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8,169.229.195.192/26,72.25.104.121/32
home_mailbox = mail
mailbox_command = procmail -a "$EXTENSION"
mailbox_size_limit = 0
recipient_delimiter = +

• type postfix reload

• create /etc/cram-md5.pwd containing lines of the form "username<TAB>password" (NB not the login password)
• here's my /etc/c-client.cf file for uw-imapd

I accept the risk
set mail-subdirectory mail
set disable-plaintext 1

• NB disable-plaintext will break IMAP unless you create /etc/cram-md5.pwd as above

Ian Holmes, 21 May 2006