Mail Server - Revision history

Andrew at 13:44, 14 December 2021

2021-12-14T13:44:19Z

2010-02-02T18:45:23Z

‎Switching from /var/mail/ to $HOME/Maildir

2010-02-01T16:34:19Z

‎Switching from /var/mail to $HOME/Maildir

2010-02-01T16:33:49Z

‎Switching from /var/mail to $HOME/Maildir

2010-02-01T16:23:33Z

2010-02-01T16:23:14Z

‎Postfix

2010-02-01T16:10:56Z

‎Switching from /var/mail to $HOME/Maildir

2010-02-01T15:52:31Z

2008-03-05T13:28:36Z

‎Configure procmail

2008-03-05T13:28:01Z

‎Configuring SpamAssassin as a content filter

← Older revision		Revision as of 13:44, 14 December 2021
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	=== Fixing blank screen on IMAPS login with "Call to undefined function mcrypt_module_open" error in ''/var/log/roundcube/errors'' ===		=== Fixing blank screen on IMAPS login with "Call to undefined function mcrypt_module_open" error in ''/var/log/roundcube/errors'' ===
	* Install ''php-mcrypt''		* Install ''php-mcrypt''
		+
		+	== Dovecot ==
		+	=== Fixing expired Let's Encrypt root certificate ===
		+	https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/428169/ios-marked-a-certificate-as-expired-even-though-the-certificate-is-still-activ

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 * Change '''MAIL_DIR       /var/mail''' to '''MAIL_DIR       Maildir/''' in ''/etc/login.defs'' (this is only used for creating/deleting the mail folder when users are added or deleted; also, some reports suggest '''QMAIL_DIR       Maildir/''' is the correct setting, but this isn't mentioned in the login.defs man page)
-* Create ''~/.muttrc'' with the contents '''set folder=""''' (to prevent mutt always asking "/home/<user>/Mail does not exist. Create it?")
+* Create ''~/.muttrc'' with the contents:
 NB: ''/usr/bin/mail'' will no longer work for viewing mails (it gives the error "/home/<user>/Maildir" is a directory). It's a pretty obtuse command for mail viewing anyway, however (and it will still work for sending mails from the cmd-line)

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 '''$HOME/Maildir -> Mutt/Pine'''
-== Switching from /var/mail to $HOME/Maildir ==
+== Switching from /var/mail/<user> to $HOME/Maildir ==
 * Add to /etc/procmailrc:
 <pre>

← Older revision		Revision as of 16:33, 1 February 2010
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	* Create ''~/.muttrc'' with the contents '''set folder=""''' (to prevent mutt always asking "/home/<user>/Mail does not exist. Create it?")		* Create ''~/.muttrc'' with the contents '''set folder=""''' (to prevent mutt always asking "/home/<user>/Mail does not exist. Create it?")
		+
		+	NB: ''/usr/bin/mail'' will no longer work for viewing mails (it gives the error "/home/<user>/Maildir" is a directory). It's a pretty obtuse command for mail viewing anyway, however (and it will still work for sending mails from the cmd-line)

	== Postfix ==		== Postfix ==

← Older revision		Revision as of 16:23, 1 February 2010
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	'''$HOME/Maildir -> Mutt/Pine'''		'''$HOME/Maildir -> Mutt/Pine'''
		+
		+	== Switching from /var/mail to $HOME/Maildir ==
		+	* Add to /etc/procmailrc:
		+	<pre>
		+	# Ensure mail files are owned by recipient
		+	DROPPRIVS=yes
		+
		+	MAILDIR=$HOME/Maildir
		+	DEFAULT="$MAILDIR/"
		+	</pre>
		+	* Change '''session optional pam_mail.so standard''' to '''session optional pam_mail.so standard dir=~/Maildir''' in ''/etc/pam.d/login'' (to set $MAIL and get new mail prompts in bash)
		+	* Change '''session optional pam_mail.so standard noenv # [1]''' to '''session optional pam_mail.so standard dir=~/Maildir # [1]''' in ''/etc/pam.d/ssh'' (to set $MAIL and get new mail prompts in bash)
		+	* Change '''session optional pam_mail.so nopen''' to '''session optional pam_mail.so nopen dir=~/Maildir''' in ''/etc/pam.d/su'' (to set $MAIL but suppress new mail prompts in bash for superuser)
		+
		+	* Change '''MAIL_DIR /var/mail''' to '''MAIL_DIR Maildir/''' in ''/etc/login.defs'' (this is only used for creating/deleting the mail folder when users are added or deleted; also, some reports suggest '''QMAIL_DIR Maildir/''' is the correct setting, but this isn't mentioned in the login.defs man page)
		+
		+	* Create ''~/.muttrc'' with the contents '''set folder=""''' (to prevent mutt always asking "/home/<user>/Mail does not exist. Create it?")

	== Postfix ==		== Postfix ==

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 </pre>
-=== Switching from /var/mail to $HOME/Maildir ===
+=== Fixing 'mail for <host> loops back to myself' ===
-* Add to /etc/procmailrc:
+* Ensure <host> is listed in '''mydestination''' in ''/etc/postfix/main.cf'' (you may need to add both the FDQN and the simple hostname)
 == SpamAssassin ==

← Older revision		Revision as of 16:10, 1 February 2010
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	* Change '''MAIL_DIR /var/mail''' to '''MAIL_DIR Maildir/''' in ''/etc/login.defs'' (this is only used for creating/deleting the mail folder when users are added or deleted; also, some reports suggest '''QMAIL_DIR Maildir/''' is the correct setting, but this isn't mentioned in the login.defs man page)		* Change '''MAIL_DIR /var/mail''' to '''MAIL_DIR Maildir/''' in ''/etc/login.defs'' (this is only used for creating/deleting the mail folder when users are added or deleted; also, some reports suggest '''QMAIL_DIR Maildir/''' is the correct setting, but this isn't mentioned in the login.defs man page)
		+
		+	* Create ''~/.muttrc'' with the contents '''set folder=""''' (to prevent mutt always asking "/home/<user>/Mail does not exist. Create it?")

	== SpamAssassin ==		== SpamAssassin ==

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 Ensure no '''home_mailbox''' is specified
-=== Configuring mail for an unknown destination to route to a specific user:
+=== Configuring mail for an unknown destination to route to a specific user ===
 <pre>
 # Redirect unknown users to andrew
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 postmap -q - regexp:/etc/postfix/header_checks < /tmp/testmessage
 </pre>
 == SpamAssassin ==

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 $SPAM
 </pre>
 === Configuring postfix delivery method ===

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 === Configuring SpamAssassin as a content filter ===
 Adapted from: http://www.debuntu.org/postfix-and-pamassassin-how-to-filter-spam
 * <pre>wajig install spamassassin spamc</pre>
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 ** Add ''USER=spamd'' to the default variables block
 ** Add ''--chuid $USER'' to the start and restart cmds
 * Add to /etc/postfix/master.cf:
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 smtp      inet  n       -       -       -       -       smtpd
          -o content_filter=spamassassin
 </pre>