mail from:<username> ----enter this command\r\n250 2.1.0 Ok<\/pre>\nrcpt to:<username> -----------enter this command<\/p>\n
250 2.1.5 Ok<\/p>\n
data -------------------------------enter this command<\/p>\n
354 End data with <CR><LF>.<CR><LF><\/p>\n
welcome to xxxxxx.xxxxx.in mail server<\/p>\n
## Enter the boddy of the email ##. ##<\/p>\n
type dot (.) to complete message ##<\/p>\n
250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as CT589634782<\/p>\n
quit 221 2.0.0 Bye Connection closed by foreign host.<\/p>\n
Now navigate to the user : mail directory and check for the new mail:<\/p>\n
# ls \/home\/username\/Maildir\/new\/<\/pre>\nSample output:<\/p>\n
45218325715.Vht00Ie0hy58357080.vpstestbalaji.choose2host.in.local<\/p>\n
A new mail is received to the user name . To read the mail, enter the following command:<\/p>\n
# cat \/home\/username\/Maildir\/new\/45218325715.Vht00Ie0hy58357080.xxxxxx.xxxxxx.in<\/pre>\n<\/span>Installing Dovecot<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\nDovecot is an open source IMAP and POP3 mail server for Unix\/Linux systems. To install:<\/p>\n
# yum install dovecot<\/pre>\nConfiguring Dovecot<\/p>\n
Edit the file \/etc\/dovecot\/dovecot.conf file,<\/p>\n
# vi \/etc\/dovecot\/dovecot.conf<\/pre>\nUncomment the following line:<\/p>\n
# Line 20 - umcomment ##\r\n\r\nprotocols = imap pop3 lmtp<\/pre>\nEdit file \/etc\/dovecot\/conf.d\/10-mail.conf file<\/p>\n
# vi \/etc\/dovecot\/conf.d\/10-mail.conf<\/pre>\nMake the changes as shown below:<\/p>\n
## Line 24 - uncomment ##<\/pre>\nmail_location = maildir:~\/Maildir<\/p>\n
Edit \/etc\/dovecot\/conf.d\/10-auth.conf<\/p>\n
# vi \/etc\/dovecot\/conf.d\/10-auth.conf<\/pre>\nAnd make the changes as shown below:<\/p>\n
## line 9 \u2013 uncomment##\r\n\r\ndisable_plaintext_auth = yes\r\n\r\n## Line 97 - Add a letter \"login\" ##\r\n\r\nauth_mechanisms = plain login<\/pre>\nEdit file \/etc\/dovecot\/conf.d\/10-master.conf,<\/p>\n
# vi \/etc\/dovecot\/conf.d\/10-master.conf<\/pre>\nMake changes as shown below:<\/p>\n
## Line 83, 84 - Uncomment and add \"postfix\"\r\n\r\n#mode = 0600\r\n\r\nuser = postfix\r\n\r\ngroup = postfix<\/pre>\nStart Dovecot service:<\/p>\n
# service dovecot start\r\n\r\n# chk config dovecot on<\/pre>\nTesting Dovecot<\/p>\n
It\u2019s time to test Dovecot configuration. Enter the following command in Terminal:<\/p>\n
# telnet localhost pop3<\/p>\n
Enter the commands manually marked in :<\/p>\n
Trying ::1\u2026 Connected to localhost.\r\n\r\nEscape character is '^]'.\r\n\r\n+OK Dovecot ready.<\/pre>\nAs you see in the above, Dovecot is working!
\nWorking with mail in command modes little bit difficult for us. So we will install a webmail client called Squirrelmail to send\/receive emails via a web browser.<\/p>\n
<\/span>Installing Squirrel mail:<\/span><\/h3>\nMake sure that you\u2019ve installed and enabled EPEL repository. Now install Squirrelmail using the following command:<\/p>\n
# yum install squirrelmail -y<\/pre>\nConfiguring Squirrelmail<\/p>\n
Navigate to \/usr\/share\/squirrelmail\/config\/ directory and run the command conf.pl<\/p>\n
# cd \/usr\/share\/squirrelmail\/config\/\r\n\r\n# .\/conf.pl<\/pre>\nThe following wizard will open. Enter choice\u201c1\u201d to set your organization details:<\/p>\n
SquirrelMail Configuration : Read: config.php (1.4.0) ---------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nMain Menu --\r\n\r\n1. Organization Preferences\r\n\r\n2. Server Settings\r\n\r\n3. Folder Defaults\r\n\r\n4. General Options\r\n\r\n5. Themes\r\n\r\n6. Address Books\r\n\r\n7. Message of the Day (MOTD)\r\n\r\n8. Plugins 9. Database\r\n\r\n10.Languages\r\n\r\nD. Set pre-defined settings for specific IMAP servers\r\n\r\nC Turn color off S Save data\r\n\r\nQ Quit\r\n<\/pre>\nBy entering the open commands from 1 to 10 we can easily installed and configured the web mail
\n(squirrel-mail) And by completing the above process we can login by our mail user name and password.we can easily communicate (by sending and receiving the mail message).<\/p>\n
Now enter \u201cS\u201dfollowed by\u201cQ\u201dto save and exit Squirrelmail configuration.
\nCreate a squirrel mail vhost in Apache con fig file:<\/p>\n
# vi \/etc\/httpd\/conf\/httpd.conf<\/pre>\nAdd the following lines at the end:<\/p>\n
Alias \/webmail \/usr\/share\/squirrelmail\r\n<Directory \/usr\/share\/squirrelmail>\r\n\tOptions Indexes FollowSymLinks\r\n\tRewrite Engine On\r\n\tAllow Override All\r\n Directory Index index.php\r\n Order allow,deny\r\n Allow from all\r\n<\/Directory>\r\n<\/pre>\nRestart the Apache service:<\/p>\n
# service httpd restart<\/pre>\nCreate users<\/p>\n
Create some users for testing. In my case create users and password to login:<\/p>\n
# useradd:\r\n\r\n# passwd:\r\n<\/pre>\nAccess Webmail<\/p>\n
Now navigate to http:\/\/ip-address\/webmail or http:\/\/domain-name\/webmail from your browser.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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