Difference between revisions of "IMAP"
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It should also be possible to directly authenticate mail users against the users table of a wiki. | It should also be possible to directly authenticate mail users against the users table of a wiki. | ||
*See: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf | *See: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf | ||
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| + | *logging at /var/log/dovecot.log | ||
| + | *mbox files at /var/mail/[first letter of username]/[username] | ||
==Todo== | ==Todo== | ||
*Need help setting up an ''MX'' record in DNS to be able to test mail delivery and collection. | *Need help setting up an ''MX'' record in DNS to be able to test mail delivery and collection. | ||
Revision as of 00:31, 15 March 2008
IMAP is a much improved mail delivery and organisation system. Dovecot is a modern and flexible IMAP server. The plan is to set up IMAP on OrganicDesign in order to have better control of our mail service, and as a service to offer clients by ensuring it's installation is included as part of Debian Post Install. Also, by having our mail folders centralised on our own server the data can be included in our weekly FS backups.
It should also be possible to directly authenticate mail users against the users table of a wiki.
- See: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf
Current state
- logging at /var/log/dovecot.log
- mbox files at /var/mail/[first letter of username]/[username]
Todo
- Need help setting up an MX record in DNS to be able to test mail delivery and collection.
- does this mean we need to set up Bind on the server, or should I just configure the webdrive DNS to point an MX record to our IP?
- I think this is all that is required. Maybe use a domain that does not currently have mail services running on it. Eg peerix.org. --Rob 13:27, 15 March 2008 (NZDT)
