Added page "howto/MailServerTutorial" by magill@mcgillsociety.org from 98.140.106.66* Page URL: <http://trac.macports.org/wiki/howto/MailServerTutorial> Comment: Starting a document about mail installations Content: -------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<-------- [wiki:howto <- Back to the HOWTO section] = 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 [wiki:howto/SetupFetchmail Fetchmail] -> [wiki:howto/SetupPostfix Postfix] -> [wiki:howto/SetupDovecot 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 == * Procmail: http://www.postfix.org * FetchMail: * Dovecot: http://dovecot.org * Procmail * SASL * === '''TODO: What else can be done?''' === [wiki:howto <- Back to the HOWTO section] -------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<------8<-------- * The IP shown here might not mean anything if the user or the server is behind a proxy. -- MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS This is an automated message. Someone at http://www.macports.org/ added your email address to be notified of changes on howto/MailServerTutorial. If it was not you, please report to .