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[RedHats/ CentOS] : Linux Mail Server Qmail Configuration on CentOS 6 / RHEL 6

Linux Mail Server Qmail Configuration on CentOS 6 / RHEL 6

Linux Mail Server Qmail Configuration on CentOS 6 / RHEL 6
How to Install QMAIL Mail Server Configuration on CentOS/RHEL 6/5 step by step with details:

QMAIL Mail Server

  • Qmail is Founded in June of 2003.
  • Qmail put together to provide a free and open resource for anyone needing help with the installation and configuration.
  • Qmail is an incredibly fast, stable and secure mail solution suitable for almost any environment.
  • Qmailrocks.org continues to grow and improve because of the generous contributions from devoted qmail fans across the world.
  • It is used by yahoo as there mail servers

QMAIL Mail Server Quick Snapshots

A successful qmailrocks qmail installation will leave you with the following :

  • Qmail itself ? qmail, ucspi?tcp, daemontools w/enhanced logging.
  • John Simpson’s massive qmail patch, which includes (among others) qmailqueue, smtp?auth and TLS smtp encryption.
  • EZmlm ? A fast and easy to use mailing list manager that works through qmail.
  • Autoresponder ? Enables auto?responder capabilities on your qmail server.
  • Vpopmail ? Enables virtual e?mail hosting for multiple domains. Available with or without mysql integration.
  • Vqadmin ? A web based interface to manage Vpopmail virtual domains on your qmail server.
  • Maildrop ? A server?wide mail filtering tool.
  • Qmailadmin ? A web based interface for managing vpopmail virtual e?mail accounts.
  • Courier?imap/imap?ssl ? The popular IMAP/IMAP?SSL server.
  • Squirrelmail ? A web based mail client with a boat load of cool plugins available

What software packages should I already have installed on my server

  • Php
  • Perl
  • Gcc
  • Mysql
  • Openssl
  • Wget
  • Patch & patchutils

What software packages should NOT be installed?

  • Postfix
  • Any pop services

Install QMAIL Mail Server Configuration on CentOS/RHEL/ Scientific /Oracle Linux 6/5

Step-I(Download the Software and extract qmail pkgs)

# wget http://www.qmailrocks.org/downloads/qmailrocks.tar.gz
# mkdir /downloads
# cd /downloads
# tar zxvf qmailrocks.tar.gz

Step-II(Installing Qmail Itself)

# /downloads/qmailrocks/scripts/install/qmr_install_linux-s1.script
# /downloads/qmailrocks/scripts/util/qmail_big_patches.script

Now we build Qmail…

# cd /usr/src/qmail/qmail-1.03
# make man && make setup check
# ./config-fast your_fqdn_hostname (ex: ./config-fast mail.galaxy.com)
[root@dns ~]# make cert
Country Name (2 letter code) [GB]:IN
State or Province Name (full name) [Berkshire]: MH
Locality Name (eg, city) [Newbury]: India
Organization Name (eg, company) [My Company Ltd]: MCH
Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) []: Computer Cell
Common Name (eg, your name or your server's hostname)
[]:mail.techbrown.com
Email Address []:postmaster@techbrown.com

Step-III(EZmlm)

# cd /downloads/qmailrocks/
# tar zxvf ezmlm-0.53-idx-0.41.tar.gz
# cd ezmlm-0.53-idx-0.41
# make && make setup

Step-IV(Autoresponder)

# cd /downloads/qmailrocks
# tar zxvf autorespond-2.0.5.tar.gz
# cd autorespond-2.0.5
# make && make install

Step-V(Vpopmail)

# cd /downloads/qmailrocks
# tar zxvf vpopmail-5.4.5.tar.gz
# cd vpopmail-5.4.5
# ./configure --enable-logging=p
# make && make install-strip

Step-VI(Vqadmin)

# cd /downloads/qmailrocks
# tar zxvf vqadmin-2.3.6.tar.gz
# cd vqadmin-2.3.6
# ./configure --enable-cgibindir=/var/www/cgi-bin --enablehtmldir=/var/www/html/
# make && make install-strip

Now you will need to add the following to your server’s Apache configuration file (usually httpd.conf)

<Directory "/var/www/cgi-bin/vqadmin">
deny from all
Options ExecCGI
AllowOverride AuthConfig
Order deny,allow
</Directory>

In addition, within the Apache master config file you will want to set the “AllowOveride” option to “All”.Example: AllowOveride All

# cd /var/www/cgi-bin/vqadmin
# vi .htaccess
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /usr/local/apache/conf/vqadmin.passwd
AuthName vQadmin
require valid-user
satisfy any
# chown apache .htaccess
# htpasswd -bc /usr/local/apache/conf/vqadmin.passwd admin admin
# chmod 644 /usr/local/apache/conf/vqadmin.passwd
# apachectl stop
# apachectl start
# http://mail.galaxy.com/cgi-bin/vqadmin/vqadmin.cgi

Step-VII(Maildrop)

# cd /downloads/qmailrocks
# tar zxvf maildrop-1.6.3.tar.gz
# cd maildrop-1.6.3
# ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --exec-prefix=/usr/local --enablemaildrop-uid=root --enable-maildrop-gid=vchkpw --enablemaildirquota
# make && make install-strip && make install-man

Step-VIII(Qmailadmin)

# cd /downloads/qmailrocks
# tar zxvf qmailadmin-1.2.1.tar.gz
# cd qmailadmin-1.2.1
# ./configure --enable-cgibindir=/var/www/cgi-bin --enablehtmldir=/var/www/html/
# make && make install-strip

Step-IX(Finalizing Qmail)

# /downloads/qmailrocks/scripts/finalize/linux/finalize_linux.script

Find “mail.example.com” and change it to your server’s hostname. For example: mail.galaxy.com.

# vi /var/qmail/supervise/qmail-pop3d/run
# vi /var/qmail/supervise/qmail-smtpd/run

Next, we’ll kill any running qmail processes so that we can implement some final configurations.

# qmailctl stop

Setup Selective relaying Localhost

# echo '127.:allow,RELAYCLIENT=""' >> /etc/tcp.smtp
# qmailctl cdb
# echo postmaster@techbrown.com > /var/qmail/alias/.qmail-root
# echo postmaster@techbrown.com> /var/qmail/alias/.qmail-postmaster
# echo postmaster@techbrown.com> /var/qmail/alias/.qmail-mailerdaemon
# ln -s /var/qmail/alias/.qmail-root /var/qmail/alias/.qmailanonymous
# chmod 644 /var/qmail/alias/.qmail*

Removing Sendmail

# service sendmail restart
# rpm -qa | grep sendmail
# rpm -e --nodeps sendmail-x.x.x.x
# rpm -e --nodeps sendmail-doc-x.x.x.x
# rpm -e --nodeps sendmail-devel-x.x.x.x
# rpm -e --nodeps sendmail-cf-x.x.x.x
# /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail stop (to stop Sendmail)
# mv /usr/lib/sendmail /usr/lib/sendmail.old
# mv /usr/sbin/sendmail /usr/sbin/sendmail.old
# chmod 0 /usr/lib/sendmail.old /usr/sbin/sendmail.old

Removing Postfix

# rpm -qa | grep postfix
# postfix-x.x-x
# /etc/rc.d/init.d/postfix stop
# rpm -e nodeps postfix-x.x-x
# ln -s /var/qmail/bin/sendmail /usr/lib/sendmail
# ln -s /var/qmail/bin/sendmail /usr/sbin/sendmail

Step-X(Starting qmail)

# /downloads/qmailrocks/scripts/util/qmr_inst_check
# qmailctl stop
# qmailctl start
# qmailctl stat
# telnet localhost 110
Trying 192.168.1.10...
Connected to 192.168.1.10.
Escape character is '^]'.
+OK <16658.1054485137@yourserver.com>
user postmaster@techbrown.com (enter your username here remember to use the full e-mail address)
+OK
pass galaxy
+OK
quit
+OK
Connection closed by foreign host.

Step-XI(Installing Courier-imap/imaps with Courierpassd)

# cd /downloads/qmailrocks
# tar jxvf courier-authlib-0.55.tar.bz2
# cd courier-authlib-0.55
# ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --exec-prefix=/usr/local --withauthvchkpw--without-authldap --without-authmysql --disable-rootcheck--with-ssl --with-authchangepwdir=/usr/local/libexec/authlib --with-redhat
# make && make check
# make install-strip && make install-configure
# vi /etc/rc.local

Add the following line:

# /usr/local/sbin/authdaemond start

Now let’s install courier-imap/imaps…

# cd /downloads/qmailrocks/
# tar jxvf courier-imap-4.0.2.tar.bz2
# chown -R bsmith:wheel courier-imap-4.0.2
# cd /downloads/qmailrocks/courier-imap-4.0.2
# subsmith
# ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --exec-prefix=/usr/local --withauthvchkpw--without-authldap --without-authmysql --disable-rootcheck--with-ssl --with-authchangepwdir=/usr/local/libexec/authlib --with-redhat
# make && make check

Now we will exit out of our NON-ROOT USER and go back to being root…

# Exit
# make install-strip && make install-configure
# /usr/local/sbin/mkimapdcert
# vi /usr/local/etc/imapd.cnf
# vi /usr/local/etc/imapd
# vi /usr/local/etc/imapd-ssl
# vi /usr/local/etc/authlib/authdaemonrc authmodulelist="authvchkpw“
# cp /usr/local/libexec/imapd.rc /etc/rc.d/init.d/imap
# cp /usr/local/libexec/imapd-ssl.rc /etc/rc.d/init.d/imaps

Now let’s start up Authdaemond, IMAP and IMAPS. To be safe we’ll stop each service before starting it…

# /usr/local/sbin/authdaemond stop
# /usr/local/sbin/authdaemond start
# /etc/rc.d/init.d/imap stop
# /etc/rc.d/init.d/imaps stop
# /etc/rc.d/init.d/imap start
# /etc/rc.d/init.d/imaps start
# telnet localhost 143
Trying 192.168.1.10...
Connected to 192.168.1.10.
Escape character is '^]'.
* OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 UIDPLUS CHILDREN NAMESPACE THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT THREAD=REFERENCES SORT QUOTA IDLE STARTTLS] Courier-IMAP ready. Copyright 1998-2003 Double Precision, Inc. See COPYING for distribution information.
a login postmaster@techbrown.com techbrown
a OK LOGIN Ok. (successful login!)
a logout (logs you out)
* BYE Courier-IMAP server shutting down
a OK LOGOUT completed
Connection closed by foreign host.

Note: Courierpassd will require that port 106 be open to at least local traffic (traffic from 127.0.0.1)

# cd /downloads/qmailrocks
# tar zxvf courierpassd-1.1.0-RC1.tar.gz
# cd courierpassd-1.1.0-RC1
# ./configure
# make && make install
# cd /etc/xinetd.d

Here we create the xinetd script for courierpassd.

# vi courierpassd
service courierpassd
{
port = 106
socket_type = stream
protocol = tcp
user = root
server = /usr/local/sbin/courierpassd
server_args = -s imap
wait = no
only_from = 127.0.0.1
instances = 4
disable = no
}
# vi /etc/services
# /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd restart
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
200 courierpassd v0.30 hello, who are you?
user postmaster@galaxy.org
200 Your password please.
pass galaxy
200 Your new password please.
newpass galaxy
200 Password changed, thank-you.
quit
200 Bye.
Connection closed by foreign host.
# telnet localhost 106

Step-XII(Installing Squirrelmail)

# cd /downloads/qmailrocks
# tar xvzf squirrelmail-1.4.8.tar.gz

Now rename the untarred folder to something more friendly…

# mv squirrelmail-1.4.8 webmail

And now let’s configure Squirrelmail…

# mkdir /var/sqattachements
# chown -R apache:apache /var/sqattachements
# cdwebmail
# chown -R apache:apache data
# cd config
# ./conf.pl

For General Settings

1. Domain : 1.2.3.4 (Enter the IP of your server here. Don't be an idiot and actually use 1.2.3.4)
2. Invert Time : false
3. Sendmail or SMTP : SMTP

For IMAP Settings

4. IMAP Server : localhost
5. IMAP Port : 143
6. Authentication type : login
7. Secure IMAP (TLS) : false
8. Server software : other
9. Delimiter : detect

For SMTP Settings

4. SMTP Server : localhost
5. SMTP Port : 25
6. POP before SMTP : false
7. SMTP Authentication : login
8. Secure SMTP (TLS) : false

I edit the httpd.conf Apache configuration file and add the following block:

<VirtualHost 172.25.25.4:80>
ServerName mail.techbrown.com
ServerAlias mail.*
ServerAdmin postmaster@techbrown.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/webmail
</VirtualHost>

http://mail.techbrown.com

We’ll sign in with the postmaster account under the domain you should have created earlier using Vqadmin…

Username: postmaster@techbrown.com
Password: techbrown
/etc/rc.d/init.d/imap start
/etc/rc.d/init.d/imaps start
# qmailctl restart
# qmailstat
Congratulation You have Installed QMAIL Mail Server Configuration on CentOS/RHEL 6/5
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