Postfix Mail Server:

Related Helps: Vim Editor YUM DNS Configuration Related Topic: Postfix, Dovecot (in RHEL 5)

In this scenario:
IP address of server = 192.168.1.111
Hostname = el6
Domain Name = wtuto.com

Full Computer name (FQDN) = el6.wtuto.com

Note: Make sure DNS Server is properly configured.

 

Install Required package:

# yum   install  -y  *postfix*   *dovecot*

 

Edit postfix configuration main.cf located in /etc/postfix
# vim  /etc/postfix/main.cf
inet_interface   =   all
# inet_interface   =  localhost
mydestination =  $myhostname,  localhost.$mydomain, localhost,  $mydomain
home_mailbox =  Maildir/

 

# service  postfix  start

Note: Dovecot configuration files are located in /etc/dovecot and /etc/dovecot/conf.d

# vim  /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf

protocols  =  imap  pop3 lmtp 

 

# vim  /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-mail.conf

mail_location  = maildir:~/Maildir

 

# vim  /etc/dovecot/conf.d/20-pop3.conf
pop3_uidl_format  =  %08Xu%08Xv
pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls    oe-ns-eoh

 

# vim  /etc/dovecot/conf.d/20-imap.conf

imap_client_workarounds = tb-extra-mailbox-sep delay-newmail

 

# vim  /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-auth.conf
disable_plaintext_auth = no

 

# service   dovecot   start

 

To list all protocols listing TCP.

# netstat -at