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Tutorial for the setup of a mail server using MacPorts software

  • Audience: Advanced setup of an E-mail server
  • Requires: MacPorts >= 1.9.1

Introduction

This represents an attempt to describe a step by step process to convert OSX Snow Leopard (1.6) into a mail server for a Home user or Small business. It attempts to gather into one location information which is useful or necessary to accomplish this goal.

​http://wiki2.dovecot.org describes Dovecot V2.0 -- including an excellent "Generic information about mail servers!"

See also the Fetchmail -> Postfix -> Dovecot for additional discussions and perspectives on the process.

A list of Home pages for the various products used can be found at the end of this document:

Installation

Step 1: Do a little planning

Consider the software functionality which you might want to install.

MTA/MUA/Security/

OSX 10.6 contains an installation of Procmail.

Configuration

TODO

Optional Parts

  • SASL

TODO: What else can be done?

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