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Lab 07 - Questions For Dropbox

This document provides questions for a Dropbox submission on a lab about configuring an email server. It asks the student to explain in their own words the purpose of different folders in a Maildir configuration, include screenshots of running Postfix and Dovecot processes and received emails, and describe step-by-step the email sending and receiving process using relevant technical terms like MDA, SMTP, MTA, POP/IMAP, and MUA. The student is instructed not to copy information from outside sources and to provide original answers and screenshots.

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Lab 07 - Questions For Dropbox

This document provides questions for a Dropbox submission on a lab about configuring an email server. It asks the student to explain in their own words the purpose of different folders in a Maildir configuration, include screenshots of running Postfix and Dovecot processes and received emails, and describe step-by-step the email sending and receiving process using relevant technical terms like MDA, SMTP, MTA, POP/IMAP, and MUA. The student is instructed not to copy information from outside sources and to provide original answers and screenshots.

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Lab 07 – Questions for Dropbox Submission:

Please provide detailed answers to the following questions IN YOUR OWN WORDS. Do NOT
copy/paste from the internet, the lab itself, or each other.

1. In your Maildir folder, you had three sub-folders: “tmp”, “new”, and “cur”. What is each one for? Explain
your answer.

2. Insert a screenshot of your running processes for the Postfix and Dovecot services from Part 3 in your lab.
Replace the example shown below.

3. Jack has written an email to Jill and is now ready to send it. Explain, step-by-step, what happens once he
sends it and Jill receives it (i.e. where does it go?). You should use the terms MDA, SMTP, MTA, POP/IMAP,
and MUA in your answer.

4. Insert screenshots of a) your received emails, and b) your custom message to your instructor. Replace the
example shown below.

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