POP3/IMAP Server

Some steps are given below  :-


Install Dovecot(POP3/IMAP Server):-

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    Dovecot is a very popular POP3/IMAP Server, The main Difference beween POP3 &IMAP is while accessing your EMAIL with outlook if you use POP3 & IMAP the mail is download to your COMPUTER & DELETED from Server,With IMAP the mail is retained in the server,If any problem occurs while downloading the EMAIL are lost with POP3, The configuration file is located at /etc/dovecot.conf

yum install dovecot

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   Open the dovecot config file.etc/dovecot.conf & make tis following chnages.You may need to comment / uncomment certain lines

protocols=imap imap pop3 pop3s

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   Look for the line auth default  & male these changes,Be careful with the lines as they are heavily commented out.

auth default{
mechanisms=plain login
passdb pam{
}
userdb passwd{
}
socket listen{
client{
path=/var/spool/postfix/private/auth
mode=0660
user=postfix
group=postfix
}
}
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