Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2417 mails)

["David C. Rankin" <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Adam Jimerson wrote:
> I am wanting to set up an email server, this is my first ever attempt, and I 
> was wondering if anyone has any suggestions on programs to use, ways to set 
> it up.  I have the SUSE Linux Bible for SUSE 9.1, bought it from a local 
> bookstore when I first started Linux, and it talks about Postix, Qpopper, and 
> Cyrus but I was wondering if there are better programs now then there was 
> back when that book was written.
>
> Thanks in advance!

Here is a quick post on dovecot I posted earlier. I would certainly recommend 
dovecot as the mailer. UW has plain password limitations that can cause big 
problems with webmail running on localhost. You will already have postfix 
installed, Just install dovecot, change 2 lines in the config file and your 
done except for the post fix config. Here is the post.

zwollo@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi David:
>
> I was wondering if you were able to sort out the issue you mentioned with 
your post: "Bug: Replies from subfolders not placed in sent mail on 1.5.2 or 
1.4.14 with UW imap".
>
> I am having the exact same problem.
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Antonio
>

Yes Antonio I did.

    The solution was to quit using UW and switch to dovecot. The switch is 
simple:

(1) install dovecot
(2) edit /etc/dovecot.conf, set

    # Disable SSL/TLS support.
    ssl_disable = no

    #mail_location =
    mail_location = mbox:~/Mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u

    (if your mailboxes are in ~/Mail and inbox in /var/spool/mail/user - the 
default on openSuSE 10.3)

(3) install the dovecot.pem ssl cert:

    cd /usr/share/doc/packages/dovecot
    vi dovecot.crt (change as you need)
    sh makecrt.sh

Done!

If you use fetchmail for spamassassin, etc... then just get your ssl 
fingerprint with:

    09:11 nirvana~/tmp> openssl x509 -in /etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem -noout 
-fingerprint?SHA1 Fingerprint=AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF:00:11:22:33:44:55:66:77:88:99

Set up your fetchmail statement:

poll *your.mailserver.com* protocol IMAP : user *yourusername* with password 
*yourpassword* sslfingerprint "AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF:00:11:22:33:44:55:66:77:88:99"

That's it for the basic dovecot and fetchmail operation

        For a more complete discussion see "8. mail (Postfix with UW imap or 
Dovecot)" in:

http://www.3111skyline.com/download/linux/howto/openSuSE-10.3_Server-Setup

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