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@gmail.com 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 -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org