How to Install QMAIL Mail Server Configuration on CentOS/RHEL 6/5 step by step with details:

QMAIL Mail Server

Qmail is Founded in June of 2003.

Qmail put together to provide a free and open resource for anyone needing help with the
installation and configuration.

Qmail is an incredibly fast, stable and secure mail solution suitable for almost any
environment.

Qmailrocks.org continues to grow and improve because of the generous contributions from
devoted qmail fans across the world.

It is used by yahoo as there mail servers

QMAIL Mail Server Quick Snapshots

A successful qmailrocks qmail installation will leave you with

the following :

Qmail itself ? qmail, ucspi?tcp, daemontools w/enhanced logging.

John Simpsons massive qmail patch, which includes (among others) qmailqueue, smtp?auth
and TLS smtp encryption.

EZmlm ? A fast and easy to use mailing list manager that works through qmail.

Autoresponder ? Enables auto?responder capabilities on your qmail server.

Vpopmail ? Enables virtual e?mail hosting for multiple domains. Available with or without
mysql integration.

Vqadmin ? A web based interface to manage Vpopmail virtual domains on your qmail server.

Maildrop ? A server?wide mail filtering tool.

Qmailadmin ? A web based interface for managing vpopmail virtual e?mail accounts.

Courier?imap/imap?ssl ? The popular IMAP/IMAP?SSL server.

Squirrelmail ? A web based mail client with a boat load of cool plugins available
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What software packages should I already have installed on my

server

Php

Perl

Gcc

Mysql

Openssl

Wget

Patch & patchutils

What software packages should NOT be installed?

Postfix

Any pop services

Install QMAIL Mail Server Configuration on CentOS/RHEL/ Scientific /Oracle Linux 6/5

Step-I(Download the Software and extract qmail pkgs)

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wget http://www.qmailrocks.org/downloads/qmailrocks.tar.gz
mkdir /downloads
cd /downloads
tar zxvf qmailrocks.tar.gz

Step-II(Installing Qmail Itself)

# /downloads/qmailrocks/scripts/install/qmr_install_linux-s1.script
# /downloads/qmailrocks/scripts/util/qmail_big_patches.script

Now we build Qmail

# cd /usr/src/qmail/qmail-1.03
# make man && make setup check
# ./config-fast your_fqdn_hostname (ex: ./config-fast mail.galaxy.com)
[root@dns ~]# make cert
Country Name (2 letter code) [GB]:IN
State or Province Name (full name) [Berkshire]: MH
Locality Name (eg, city) [Newbury]: India
Organization Name (eg, company) [My Company Ltd]: MCH
Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) []: Computer Cell
Common Name (eg, your name or your server's hostname)

[]:mail.techbrown.com
Email Address []:[email protected]

Step-III(EZmlm)
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cd /downloads/qmailrocks/
tar zxvf ezmlm-0.53-idx-0.41.tar.gz
cd ezmlm-0.53-idx-0.41
make && make setup

Step-IV(Autoresponder)
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cd /downloads/qmailrocks
tar zxvf autorespond-2.0.5.tar.gz
cd autorespond-2.0.5
make && make install

Step-V(Vpopmail)
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cd /downloads/qmailrocks
tar zxvf vpopmail-5.4.5.tar.gz
cd vpopmail-5.4.5
./configure --enable-logging=p
make && make install-strip

Step-VI(Vqadmin)
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cd /downloads/qmailrocks
tar zxvf vqadmin-2.3.6.tar.gz
cd vqadmin-2.3.6
./configure --enable-cgibindir=/var/www/cgi-bin --enablehtmldir=/var/www/html/
make && make install-strip

Now you will need to add the following to your servers Apache configuration file
(usually httpd.conf)
<Directory "/var/www/cgi-bin/vqadmin">
deny from all
Options ExecCGI
AllowOverride AuthConfig
Order deny,allow
</Directory>

In addition, within the Apache master config file you will want to set the
AllowOveride option to All.Example: AllowOveride All
# cd /var/www/cgi-bin/vqadmin
# vi .htaccess
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /usr/local/apache/conf/vqadmin.passwd
AuthName vQadmin
require valid-user
satisfy any
# chown apache .htaccess
# htpasswd -bc /usr/local/apache/conf/vqadmin.passwd admin admin
# chmod 644 /usr/local/apache/conf/vqadmin.passwd

# apachectl stop
# apachectl start
# http://mail.galaxy.com/cgi-bin/vqadmin/vqadmin.cgi

Step-VII(Maildrop)
# cd /downloads/qmailrocks
# tar zxvf maildrop-1.6.3.tar.gz
# cd maildrop-1.6.3
# ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --exec-prefix=/usr/local --enablemaildropuid=root --enable-maildrop-gid=vchkpw --enablemaildirquota
# make && make install-strip && make install-man

Step-VIII(Qmailadmin)
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cd /downloads/qmailrocks
tar zxvf qmailadmin-1.2.1.tar.gz
cd qmailadmin-1.2.1
./configure --enable-cgibindir=/var/www/cgi-bin --enablehtmldir=/var/www/html/
make && make install-strip

Step-IX(Finalizing Qmail)
# /downloads/qmailrocks/scripts/finalize/linux/finalize_linux.script

Find mail.example.com and change it to your servers hostname. For example:

mail.galaxy.com.
# vi /var/qmail/supervise/qmail-pop3d/run
# vi /var/qmail/supervise/qmail-smtpd/run

Next, well kill any running qmail processes so that we can implement some final
configurations.
# qmailctl stop

Setup Selective relaying Localhost

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echo '127.:allow,RELAYCLIENT=""' >> /etc/tcp.smtp

qmailctl cdb
echo [email protected] > /var/qmail/alias/.qmail-root
echo [email protected]> /var/qmail/alias/.qmail-postmaster
echo [email protected]> /var/qmail/alias/.qmail-mailerdaemon
ln -s /var/qmail/alias/.qmail-root /var/qmail/alias/.qmailanonymous
chmod 644 /var/qmail/alias/.qmail*

Removing Sendmail
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service sendmail restart

rpm -qa | grep sendmail
rpm -e --nodeps sendmail-x.x.x.x
rpm -e --nodeps sendmail-doc-x.x.x.x
rpm -e --nodeps sendmail-devel-x.x.x.x
rpm -e --nodeps sendmail-cf-x.x.x.x
/etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail stop (to stop Sendmail)
mv /usr/lib/sendmail /usr/lib/sendmail.old

# mv /usr/sbin/sendmail /usr/sbin/sendmail.old
# chmod 0 /usr/lib/sendmail.old /usr/sbin/sendmail.old

Removing Postfix
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rpm -qa | grep postfix

postfix-x.x-x
/etc/rc.d/init.d/postfix stop
rpm -e nodeps postfix-x.x-x
ln -s /var/qmail/bin/sendmail /usr/lib/sendmail
ln -s /var/qmail/bin/sendmail /usr/sbin/sendmail

Step-X(Starting qmail)
# /downloads/qmailrocks/scripts/util/qmr_inst_check
# qmailctl stop
# qmailctl start
# qmailctl stat
# telnet localhost 110
Trying 192.168.1.10...
Connected to 192.168.1.10.
Escape character is '^]'.
+OK <[email protected]>
user [email protected] (enter your username here remember to use the full
e-mail address)
+OK
pass galaxy
+OK
quit
+OK
Connection closed by foreign host.

Step-XI(Installing Courier-imap/imaps with Courierpassd)

# cd /downloads/qmailrocks
# tar jxvf courier-authlib-0.55.tar.bz2
# cd courier-authlib-0.55
# ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --exec-prefix=/usr/local --withauthvchkpw-without-authldap --without-authmysql --disable-rootcheck--with-ssl --withauthchangepwdir=/usr/local/libexec/authlib --with-redhat
# make && make check
# make install-strip && make install-configure
# vi /etc/rc.local

Add the following line:

# /usr/local/sbin/authdaemond start

Now lets install courier-imap/imaps

# cd /downloads/qmailrocks/
# tar jxvf courier-imap-4.0.2.tar.bz2
# chown -R bsmith:wheel courier-imap-4.0.2
# cd /downloads/qmailrocks/courier-imap-4.0.2
# subsmith
# ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --exec-prefix=/usr/local --withauthvchkpw-without-authldap --without-authmysql --disable-rootcheck--with-ssl --withauthchangepwdir=/usr/local/libexec/authlib --with-redhat
# make && make check

Now we will exit out of our NON-ROOT USER and go back to being root
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make install-strip && make install-configure
/usr/local/sbin/mkimapdcert
vi /usr/local/etc/imapd.cnf
vi /usr/local/etc/imapd
vi /usr/local/etc/imapd-ssl
vi /usr/local/etc/authlib/authdaemonrc authmodulelist="authvchkpw
cp /usr/local/libexec/imapd.rc /etc/rc.d/init.d/imap
cp /usr/local/libexec/imapd-ssl.rc /etc/rc.d/init.d/imaps

Now lets start up Authdaemond, IMAP and IMAPS. To be safe well stop each
service before starting it
# /usr/local/sbin/authdaemond stop
# /usr/local/sbin/authdaemond start
# /etc/rc.d/init.d/imap stop
# /etc/rc.d/init.d/imaps stop
# /etc/rc.d/init.d/imap start
# /etc/rc.d/init.d/imaps start
# telnet localhost 143
Trying 192.168.1.10...
Connected to 192.168.1.10.
Escape character is '^]'.
* OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 UIDPLUS CHILDREN NAMESPACE THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT
THREAD=REFERENCES SORT QUOTA IDLE STARTTLS] Courier-IMAP ready. Copyright 19982003 Double Precision, Inc. See COPYING for distribution information.
a login [email protected] techbrown
a OK LOGIN Ok. (successful login!)
a logout (logs you out)
* BYE Courier-IMAP server shutting down
a OK LOGOUT completed
Connection closed by foreign host.

Note: Courierpassd will require that port 106 be open to at least local traffic (traffic
from 127.0.0.1)
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cd /downloads/qmailrocks
tar zxvf courierpassd-1.1.0-RC1.tar.gz
cd courierpassd-1.1.0-RC1
./configure
make && make install
cd /etc/xinetd.d

Here we create the xinetd script for courierpassd.

# vi courierpassd
service courierpassd
{
port = 106
socket_type = stream
protocol = tcp
user = root
server = /usr/local/sbin/courierpassd
server_args = -s imap
wait = no
only_from = 127.0.0.1
instances = 4
disable = no

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# vi /etc/services
# /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd restart
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
200 courierpassd v0.30 hello, who are you?
user [email protected]
200 Your password please.
pass galaxy
200 Your new password please.
newpass galaxy
200 Password changed, thank-you.
quit
200 Bye.
Connection closed by foreign host.
# telnet localhost 106

Step-XII(Installing Squirrelmail)
# cd /downloads/qmailrocks
# tar xvzf squirrelmail-1.4.8.tar.gz

Now rename the untarred folder to something more friendly

# mv squirrelmail-1.4.8 webmail

And now lets configure Squirrelmail

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mkdir /var/sqattachements
chown -R apache:apache /var/sqattachements
cdwebmail
chown -R apache:apache data
cd config
./conf.pl

For General Settings

1. Domain : 1.2.3.4 (Enter the IP of your server here. Don't be an idiot and
actually use 1.2.3.4)
2. Invert Time : false
3. Sendmail or SMTP : SMTP

For IMAP Settings

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IMAP Server : localhost

IMAP Port : 143
Authentication type : login
Secure IMAP (TLS) : false
Server software : other
Delimiter : detect

For SMTP Settings

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SMTP Server : localhost

SMTP Port : 25
POP before SMTP : false
SMTP Authentication : login

8. Secure SMTP (TLS) : false

I edit the httpd.conf Apache configuration file and add the following block:
<VirtualHost 172.25.25.4:80>
ServerName mail.techbrown.com
ServerAlias mail.*
ServerAdmin [email protected]
DocumentRoot /var/www/webmail
</VirtualHost>
http://mail.techbrown.com

Well sign in with the postmaster account under the domain you should have created
earlier using Vqadmin
Username: [email protected]
Password: techbrown
/etc/rc.d/init.d/imap start
/etc/rc.d/init.d/imaps start
# qmailctl restart
# qmailstat

Congratulation You have Installed QMAIL Mail Server Configuration on CentOS/RHEL 6/5