[ILUG] setting up an IMAP server.

[John Madden]

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On (20/09/07 09:52), Darragh Ó Héiligh said:
> I'm hoping sendmail can be configured to send from a number of
> different accounts.  Can any one verify if this is possible?
> 
I presume you mean different from addresses? That's a simple matter of
setting the From address to whatever you want it to be _before_ sending
the email to sendmail (deliberately ignoring relay issues here, since I
presume you'll be sending the mail from localhost, or at the most a
local network). Most MUA's can set up profiles (or whatever they call
them) to send from different from addresses. Eg., when I email ILUG, my
from address is set to john+ilug at jmadden.eu.

> 
> So, do you think I should try to configure these applications manually
> or use something like ISPConfig to do it.
> 
I'd do it manually. 

> If manually, where do I start?
> 
Personally, I've found postfix easy to configure and run, but go with
sendmail if you prefer. Set it up first and check local mail delivery -
send yourself an email on the system running sendmail, and check that it
was delivered.

Next, configure fetchmail (I use /etc/fetchmailrc and run the daemon at
boot - other option is to use a .fetchmailrc in your home directory, and 
manually run fetchmail, or run fetchmail -d as the user you want the 
mail delivered to). Try it with one account first, and use the -k (I
think) option to keep a copy of the mail on the server, in case things
go wrong. Check if this mail has gotten delivered.

Lastly, add on spamassassin and clamav - call them from procmail.

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John Madden -- john at jmadden.eu
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