Mail Server:

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=> MUA (Mail user Agent): outlook, thunderbird, eudora, webmail, apps(gmail)
=> MTA (Mail Transfer Agent): MS exchange,qmail,postfix,sendmail,exim,Lotus
=> MDA (Mail Delivery Agent): POP3 Server (Dovecot)

Reference Table:
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Prerequisite - DNS Ready, Static IP for Mail Server

Packages:
=> postfix(smtp),
=> dovecot(pop3 & IMAP),
=> squirrelmail (webmail),
=> httpd,
=> telnet (testing)
=> epel (Extra package for Enterprise Linux)

Daemon - postfix (SMTP), dovecot (POP3 & IMAP), httpd

Ports -
=> SMTP 25 : client to Server, server to server
=> PoP3 110: server to client
=> IMAP 143: server to client (Interactively used)

Configuration files:
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=> /var/named/example.com.for (DNS)
=> /etc/postfix/main.cf
=> /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
=> /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-mail.conf
=> /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-auth.conf
=> /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-master.conf
=> /usr/share/squirrelmail/config/conf.pl - squirrelmail
=> /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf - (web mail)

DNS Part:
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[root@nsX ~]# hostname
[root@nsX ~]# nslookup nsX.example.com

[root@nsX ~]# nslookup mail.example.com

[root@nsX ~]# cd /var/named

[root@nsX named]# ls
[root@nsX named]# vim example.com.for

8 IN NS nsX.example.com. ; no change
9 IN A 172.25.11.200+X ; no change

10 IN MX 10 mail.example.com. ; new entry

11 IN MX 20 mail2.example.com. ; (optional for 2nd Mail server)

13 nsX IN A 172.25.11.200+X ; no change

14 mail IN CNAME nsX.example.com. ; new entry

15 mail2 IN A 172.25.11.Y ;(optional for 2nd Mail server)

[root@nsX named]# systemctl restart named.service

Note: CNAME - Canonical Name ( If we want to configure multiple server like DNS,
FTP, MAIL, Web in same machine then, we can use CNAME insted of "A" record.

[root@nsX named]# nslookup mail.example.com

Server: 172.25.11.200+X
Address: 172.25.11.200+X#53

mail.example.com canonical name = nsX.example.com.

Name: nsX.example.com
Address: 172.25.11.200+X

[root@nsx ~]# nslookup -query=mx example.com

Step 01:
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[root@nsx ~]# rpm -qa | grep postfix

[root@nsx ~]# yum install postfix* -y ; if not found

Step 02:
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[root@nsx ~]# cd /etc/postfix
[root@ns1 postfix]# ls
[root@nsx postfix]# vim main.cf
:set nu

75 myhostname = mail.example.com
83 mydomain = example.com
99 myorigin = $mydomain
113 inet_interfaces = all
116 #inet_interfaces = localhost
164 #mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost
165 mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost, $mydomain
250 mynetworks_style = subnet
264 mynetworks = 172.25.11.0/24, 127.0.0.0/8
419 home_mailbox = Maildir/
572 smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name

[root@ns1 postfix]# systemctl restart postfix.service

[root@ns1 postfix]# systemctl enable postfix.service

Allow port through firewall-cmd:

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[root@nsx postfix]# systemctl restart firewalld
[root@nsx postfix]# systemctl enable firewalld
[root@nsx postfix]# firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=smtp
success
[root@nsx postfix]# firewall-cmd --reload
success

[root@nsx postfix]# yum install telnet -y

Step 03: SMTP Testing

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[root@nsx postfix]# telnet mail.example.com 25
Trying 172.25.11.200+X...
Connected to mail.example.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 mail.example.com ESMTP Postfix
quit
221 2.0.0 Bye
Connection closed by foreign host.

Step 04: dovecot install

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[root@nsx ~]# yum install dovecot* -y

Step 05: dovecot configure

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[root@nsx ~]# vim /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf

24 protocols = imap pop3 lmtp
30 listen = *
42 login_greeting = Welcome to Example Inc. Mail

[root@nsx ~]# vim /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-mail.conf

24 mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir

[root@nsx ~]# vim /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-auth.conf

10 disable_plaintext_auth = no
100 auth_mechanisms = plain login

[root@nsx ~]# vim /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-master.conf

91 user = postfix
92 group = postfix

[root@nsx ~]# systemctl enable dovecot.service

[root@nsx ~]# systemctl restart dovecot.service

Allow port through firewall-cmd:

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[root@nsx ~]# firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port 110/tcp
success
[root@nsx ~]# firewall-cmd --reload
success

Step 06: POP Testing

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[root@nsx ~]# telnet mail.example.com 110
Trying 172.25.11.200+X...
Connected to mail.example.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
+OK Welcome to Example Inc. Mail
quit
+OK Logging out
Connection closed by foreign host.

Mail User Create:

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[root@nsx ~]# useradd -s /sbin/nologin sadia.afroz
[root@nsx ~]# useradd -s /sbin/nologin rose
[root@nsx ~]# useradd -s /sbin/nologin jack

[root@nsx ~]# passwd jack

[root@nsx ~]# passwd rose
[root@nsx ~]# passwd sadia.afroz
Web Mail Configure with Squirrelmail:
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Step 01: EPEL Install

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[root@serverX ~]# yum install epel-release

[root@nsx ~]# cd /etc/yum.repos.d

[root@nsx yum.repos.d]# ls

Step 02: Install Squirrelmail

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[root@nsx ~]# yum install squirrelmail -y

Step 03: Configure Squirrelmail

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[root@ns1 ~]# cd /usr/share/squirrelmail/config/
[root@ns1 config]# ls
[root@ns1 config]# ./conf.pl

Command >> Press 1 and Enter (Orgnization)

Command >> Press 1 and Enter (Squirrelmail)
[SquirrelMail]: Example Ltd. ;press Enter

Command >> 4 (Organizationn Ttile)

[SquirrelMail $version]: Training Provider

Command >> Press 8 ;and Press Enter

[SquirrelMail]: Example Ltd.

Command >> S
Command >> R
Command >> Press 2
Command >> Press 1 (Domain)
[localhost]: example.com

Command >> Press 3

Your choice [1/2] [1]: 2 (SMTP)

Command >> S
Command >> R

Command >> Press 4 (General Options)

Command >> 7 ( Hide SM attributions)
Hide SM attributions (y/n) [n]: y

Command >> S

Command >> Q

Step 04: Apache HTTP Install

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[root@nsx ~]# yum install httpd -y

Step 05: Add following lines at the end of configuration files ####
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[root@nsx ~]# vim /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
 [add the following lines end of the file]

Alias /webmail /usr/share/squirrelmail

<Directory /usr/share/squirrelmail>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks

RewriteEngine On
AllowOverride All
DirectoryIndex index.php
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

[root@nsx ~]# systemctl restart httpd.service

[root@nsx ~]# systemctl enable httpd.service

Allow port through firewall-cmd:

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[root@nsx ~]# firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=http
success
[root@nsx ~]# firewall-cmd --reload
success

[root@nsx ~]# setenforce 0

Step 06: Test

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-> open browser
-> http://mail.example.com/webmail or -> http://172.25.11.200+X/webmail

================= Thank you ==============