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Mail Server

This document provides steps to setup a mail server on Ubuntu 14.04 including installing and configuring Postfix and Dovecot for SMTP and SASL authentication, generating SSL certificates, configuring mailboxes, enabling SSL, and testing connectivity. Additional steps show how to create a user, install and configure the SquirrelMail webmail interface, and enable it on the Apache web server. Finally, users can send and receive email using SquirrelMail.

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Mail Server

This document provides steps to setup a mail server on Ubuntu 14.04 including installing and configuring Postfix and Dovecot for SMTP and SASL authentication, generating SSL certificates, configuring mailboxes, enabling SSL, and testing connectivity. Additional steps show how to create a user, install and configure the SquirrelMail webmail interface, and enable it on the Apache web server. Finally, users can send and receive email using SquirrelMail.

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Setup mail server on ubuntu 14.

04
Step 1 » Assign static IP and hostname and add a host entry for the host name .
Assign hostname in /etc/hostname

ktc@ktc-77:~$ sudo gedit /etc/hostname

Add a hostentry in /etc/hosts

root@ktc-77:/etc# sudo gedit hosts

Step 2 » Update the repositories.


root@ktc-77:/etc# sudo apt-get update

Step 3 » Install postfix and dependencies . Press enter for all prompted questions during
installation. we will do that in the next step.
Step 4 » After installation issue the below command to configure postfix.
root@ktc-77:/etc# sudo dpkg-reconfigure postfix
\

Step 5 » Now configure Postfix for SMTP-AUTH using Dovecot SASL by adding the below lines
to postfix config file /etc/postfix/main.cf .

ktc@mail:~$ sudo -i
[sudo] password for ktc:
root@mail:~# gedit /etc/postfix/main.cf

Step 6 » Now generate a digital certificate for tls. Issue the commands one by one and provide
details as per your domain.
root@mail:~# openssl genrsa -des3 -out server.key 2048

root@mail:~# openssl rsa -in server.key -out server.key.insecure

root@mail:~# mv server.key server.key.secure

root@mail:~# mv server.key.insecure server.key

root@mail:~# openssl req -new -key server.key -out server.csr


root@mail:~# openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in server.csr -signkey server.key -out server.crt

root@mail:~# sudo cp server.crt /etc/ssl/certs

root@mail:~# sudo cp server.key /etc/ssl/private

Step 7 » Now configure certificate path

root@mail:~# sudo postconf -e 'smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/ssl/private/server.key'

root@mail:~# sudo postconf -e 'smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/ssl/certs/server.crt'

Step 8 » Open /etc/postfix/master.cf file and uncomment below lines to enable smtps ( 465 ) and
submission ( 587 ) .

Step 9 » Now install Dovecot SASL by typing the below command.

root@mail:~# sudo apt-get install dovecot-common

Issue the following values for the prompts during installation.


1. yes
2. mail.abdulla.com

Step 10 » Make changes to the files as follows.


Open /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-master.conf file and find # Postfix smtp-auth line ( line no:95 ) and
add the below lines .
Open /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-auth.conf file and find (line no:100)
auth_mechanisms = plain and replace auth_mechanisms = plain login

Step 11 » Restart postfix and dovecot services

root@mail:~# sudo service postfix restart

root@mail:~# sudo service dovecot restart

Step 12 » Now test SMTP-AUTH and smtp/pop3 port access .


Type the below command and should get below response.

Step 12 » Install dovecot using the below command


Step 13 » Now configure mailbox. Open /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-mail.conf file and find (Line
no:30 )
mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
Replace with
mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir

ktc@mail:~$ gedit /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-mail.conf

Step 14 » Now change pop3_uidl_format . Open /etc/dovecot/conf.d/20-pop3.conf file and find


and uncomment the below line ( Line no : 50 )
root@mail:~# gedit /etc/dovecot/conf.d/20-pop3.conf

Step 15 » Now enable SSL . Open /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-ssl.conf file and find and uncomment the
below line ( Line no : 6 )
ssl = yes
root@mail:~# gedit /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-ssl.conf
Step 16 »Restart dovecot service.
root@mail:~# sudo service dovecot restart

Step 17 » Now test pop3 and imap port access using the telnet command.
root@mail:~# telnet mail.abdulla.com 110

OR check for listening ports using netstat command .

Step 18 » Create some users and check using mail clients like thunderbird or outlook
root@mail:~# sudo useradd -m abdulla -s /sbin/nologin
root@mail:~# sudo passwd abdulla
» Installing and configuring squirrelmail:
Step 19 » Install squirrelmail using the below command. This will install apache and PHP
packages.
root@mail:~# sudo apt-get install squirrelmail

Step 20 » Configure squirrelmail


root@mail:~# sudo squirrelmail-configure

Everything is pre-configured , we just need to change Organization name .


» Press 1 (Organization Preferences) » again press 1 (Organization Name) » Organization Name »
Press S » Press Q to quit
Step 19 » Now configure apache to enable squirrelmail .
root@mail:~# sudo cp /etc/squirrelmail/apache.conf /etc/apache2/sites-available/squirrelmail.conf
root@mail:~# sudo a2ensite squirrelmail

Step 20 » Restart Apache service


root@mail:~# sudo service apache2 restart

Step 21 » Now open http://serverIP/squirrelmail in your browser and login using username
(bobby) . you can send and receive mail using squirrelmail.
Okay .. its over now ..

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