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Set Up A Full-Featured Mail Server With iRedOS: MySQL, Postfix, Dovecot, ClamAV, SpamAssassin, RoundCube/SquirrelMail

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:46 +0100

Set Up A Full-Featured Mail Server With iRedOS: MySQL, Postfix, Dovecot, ClamAV, SpamAssassin, Amavisd, RoundCube/SquirrelMail

iRedMail is a shell script that lets you quickly deploy a full-featured mail solution in less than 2 minutes, since iredmail 0.5 it also supports Debian 5.0.1 (it supports both i386 and x86_64). Its object is to make a Linux mail server installation and configuration simple and easy to use. iRedMail supports both OpenLDAP and MySQL as backends for storing virtual domains and users.This tutorial shows how to use the MySQL backend. iRedOS is a customized CentOS 5.3 distribution, where e unnecessary packages were removed. It ships with the lastest version of iRedMail (iredmail0.50); it lets you install iredmail more quickly and smooth.

Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier, MySQL And SquirrelMail (Mandriva 2009.1 x86_64)

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:28:33 +0200

Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier, MySQL And SquirrelMail (Mandriva 2009.1 x86_64)

iRedMail: Full-Featured Mail Server With LDAP, Postfix, ClamAV, SpamAssassin, Amavisd (Ubuntu 8.04)

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:59:02 +0200

iRedMail:Full-Featured Mail Server With LDAP, Postfix, RoundCube/SquirrelMail, Dovecot, ClamAV, SpamAssassin, Amavisd, DKIM SPF On Ubuntu 8.04

iRedMail is a shell script that lets you quickly deploy a full-featured mail solution in less than 2 minutes. Since version 0.5, iRedMail supports Ubuntu 8.04, 9.04 (it supports both i386 and x86_64). Its object is to make a Linux mail server installation and configuration simple and easy to use. iRedMail supports both OpenLDAP and MySQL as backends for storing virtual domains and users.This tutorial shows how to use the OpenLDAP backend.

Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier, MySQL And SquirrelMail (CentOS 4.8 i386)

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:19:30 +0200

Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier, MySQL And SquirrelMail (CentOS 4.8 i386)

Set Up DKIM For Multiple Domains On Postfix With dkim-milter 2.8.x (CentOS 5.3)

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:34:19 +0200

Set Up DKIM For Multiple Domains On Postfix With dkim-milter 2.8.x (CentOS 5.3)

This tutorial shows how you can sign your email messages by using DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail) for multiple domains. Signing email allows the recipient of a message to confirm a message originated with the sender's domain and that the message content has not been altered.

Goldfish, A PHP Autoresponder Script

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:47:29 +0200

Goldfish, A PHP Autoresponder Script For The HowtoForge "Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier, MySQL And SquirrelMail " Setups

Goldfish is a quite simple autoresponder script (written in PHP) for Postfix. It consists of only one PHP file which can be started through a cronjob. It works with our "Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier, MySQL And SquirrelMail" tutorials (it cannot be used for other setups, especially Postfix setups that don't use a MySQL database).

The Perfect SpamSnake - Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:29:30 +0200

The Perfect SpamSnake - Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope

This tutorial shows how to set up an Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope based server as a spamfilter in Gateway mode. In the end, you will have a SpamSnake Gateway which will relay clean emails to your MTA. You will also be able to view your incoming queue, train your SpamSnake and carry out a few more advanced operations via MailWatch.

Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier, MySQL And SquirrelMail (Ubuntu 9.04)

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:04:03 +0200

Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier, MySQL And SquirrelMail (Ubuntu 9.04)

This document describes how to install a Postfix mail server that is based on virtual users and domains, i.e. users and domains that are in a MySQL database. I'll also demonstrate the installation and configuration of Courier (Courier-POP3, Courier-IMAP), so that Courier can authenticate against the same MySQL database Postfix uses. In addition to that, this tutorial covers the installation of Amavisd, SpamAssassin and ClamAV so that emails will be scanned for spam and viruses. I will also show how to install SquirrelMail as a webmail interface so that users can read and send emails and change their passwords.

Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier, MySQL And SquirrelMail (CentOS 5.3 x86_64)

Tue, 12 May 2009 17:52:57 +0200

Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier, MySQL And SquirrelMail (CentOS 5.3 x86_64)

iRedMail: Build A Full-Featured Mail Server With LDAP, Postfix, RoundCube, Dovecot, ClamAV,SpamAssassin, DKIM, SPF On CentOS 5.x

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 19:49:10 +0200

iRedMail: Build A Full-Featured Mail Server With LDAP, Postfix, RoundCube, Dovecot, ClamAV, DKIM, SPF On CentOS 5.x

iRedMail is a shell script that lets you quickly deploy a full-featured mail solution in less than 2 minutes on CentOS 5.x and Debian (Lenny) 5.0.1(it supports both i386 and x86_64). Its object is to make a Linux mail server installation and configuration simple and easy to use. iRedMail supports both OpenLDAP and MySQL as backends for storing virtual domains and users.This tutorial shows how to use the OpenLDAP as the backend.

Set Up DKIM On Postfix With dkim-milter (CentOS 5.2)

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:33:36 +0200

Set Up DKIM On Postfix With dkim-milter (CentOS 5.2)

DKIM is an authentication framework which stores public-keys in DNS and digitally signs emails on a domain basis. It was created as a result of merging Yahoo's domainkeys and Cisco's Identified Internet mail specification. It is defined in RFC 4871. We will be using the milter implementation of dkim http://dkim-milter.sf.net on CentOS 5.2.

How To Set Up A Postfix Autoresponder With Autoresponse

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:34:00 +0200

How To Set Up A Postfix Autoresponder With Autoresponse

Autoresponse is an autoresponder for the Postfix MTA. It allows you to create autoresponder messages for email accounts from the shell and also by emailing the autoresponder text to a certain email address.

Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier, MySQL And SquirrelMail (Debian Lenny)

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:20:00 +0100

Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier, MySQL And SquirrelMail (Debian Lenny)

This document describes how to install a Postfix mail server that is based on virtual users and domains, i.e. users and domains that are in a MySQL database. I'll also demonstrate the installation and configuration of Courier (Courier-POP3, Courier-IMAP), so that Courier can authenticate against the same MySQL database Postfix uses. The resulting Postfix server is capable of SMTP-AUTH and TLS and quota. Passwords are stored in encrypted form in the database. In addition to that, this tutorial covers the installation of Amavisd, SpamAssassin and ClamAV. I will also show how to install SquirrelMail as a webmail interface so that users can read and send emails and change their passwords.

Groupware Server With Group-Office, Postfix, Dovecot And SpamAssassin On Debian Lenny (5.0)

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:27:59 +0100

Groupware Server With Group-Office, Postfix, Dovecot And SpamAssassin On Debian Lenny (5.0)

In this howto I will explain how you can set up a groupware server using the Debian Linux operating system, Group-Office for managing the mailboxes and groupware functions like e-mail, shared calendars, file sharing etc., Postfix with virtual accounts in MySQL, Dovecot IMAP, SpamAssassin spam filter, and a vacation perl script that will handle out-of-office replies.

Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier, MySQL And SquirrelMail (Fedora 10)

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:54:49 +0100

Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier, MySQL And SquirrelMail (Fedora 10)

This document describes how to install a mail server based on Postfix that is based on virtual users and domains, i.e. users and domains that are in a MySQL database. I'll also demonstrate the installation and configuration of Courier (Courier-POP3, Courier-IMAP), so that Courier can authenticate against the same MySQL database Postfix uses. The resulting Postfix server is capable of SMTP-AUTH and TLS and quota (quota is not built into Postfix by default, I'll show how to patch your Postfix appropriately). Passwords are stored in encrypted form in the database (most documents I found were dealing with plain text passwords which is a security risk). In addition to that, this tutorial covers the installation of Amavisd, SpamAssassin and ClamAV so that emails will be scanned for spam and viruses. I will also show how to install SquirrelMail as a webmail interface so that users can read and send emails and change their passwords.