EpixStudios:General disclaimer

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http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/virt-mail-howto.xml

Basic Postfix

First we'll install Postfix. This is the MTA which delivers incoming mail to users mailboxes and lets users send email out.

nano /etc/make.conf
USE="mysql imap libwww maildir sasl ssl"

emerge -C ssmtp
emerge -av postfix
nano /etc/mail/aliases
/usr/bin/newaliases

nano /etc/postfix/main.cf

myhostname = $host.domain.name
mydomain = $domain.name
inet_interfaces = all
mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain $mydomain
mynetworks = my.ip.net.work/24, 127.0.0.0/8
home_mailbox = .maildir/
local_destination_concurrency_limit = 2
default_destination_concurrency_limit = 10

nano /etc/postfix/master.cf
smtp      inet  n       -       n       -       -       smtpd -v

/etc/init.d/postfix start

rc-update add postfix default

emerge -av mutt
mutt

Courier-imap

emerge -av courier-imap courier-authlib

nano -w /etc/courier-imap/pop3d.cnf
nano -w /etc/courier-imap/imapd.cnf

mkpop3dcert
mkimapdcert

/etc/init.d/courier-imapd start
/etc/init.d/courier-imapd-ssl start
/etc/init.d/courier-pop3d start
/etc/init.d/courier-pop3d-ssl start

rc-update add courier-imapd default
rc-update add courier-imapd-ssl default
rc-update add courier-pop3d default
rc-update add courier-pop3d-ssl default