source: server/mail/courier/courier-config.xml@ 1a1da48

<sect2>
<title>Configuring <application>Courier</application></title>

<sect3><title>Config files</title>
<para><filename>/etc/courier/authmysqlrc</filename></para>
</sect3>

<sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>

<para>Make the following changes in this file if you are utilizing
<application>MySQL</application>:</para>
<screen><userinput>MYSQL_SERVER            localhost
MYSQL_USERNAME          courier
MYSQL_PASSWORD          (your choice) 
MYSQL_SOCKET            /tmp/mysql.sock
MYSQL_PORT              3306
MYSQL_DATABASE          courier-mail
MYSQL_USER_TABLE        users
MYSQL_CLEAR_PWFIELD     clear
DEFAULT DOMAIN          (your domain)
MYSQL_QUOTA_FIELD       quota</userinput></screen>


<para>If you utilize <application>PAM</application>:</para>
<screen><userinput><command>cat &gt; /etc/pam.d/esmtp &lt;&lt; "EOF</command>
# Begin /etc/pam.d/esmtp

auth            required                pam_unix.so try_first_pass
account         required                pam_unix.so
session         required                pam_unix.so

# End /etc/pam.d/esmtp
<command>EOF
cat &gt; /etc/pam.d/pop3 &lt;&lt; "EOF</command>
# Begin /etc/pam.d/pop3

auth            required                pam_unix.so try_first_pass
account         required                pam_unix.so
session         required                pam_unix.so

# End /etc/pam.d/pop3
<command>EOF
cat &gt; /etc/pam.d/imap &lt;&lt; "EOF</command>
# Begin /etc/pam.d/imap

auth            required                pam_unix.so try_first_pass
account         required                pam_unix.so
session         required                pam_unix.so

# End /etc/pam.d/imap
<command>EOF
cat &gt; /etc/pam.d/webmail &lt;&lt; "EOF</command>
# Begin /etc/pam.d/webmail

auth            required                pam_unix.so try_first_pass
account         required                pam_unix.so
session         required                pam_unix.so

# End /etc/pam.d/webmail
<command>EOF</command></userinput></screen>

<para>This command will create the mysql database for authentication:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>mysqladmin -uroot -p{password} create courier-mail</command></userinput></screen>

<para>This command will setup the table users for the courier-mail
database:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>mysql -uroot -p{password} courier-mail

        CREATE TABLE users (
        id                    char(128) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
        crypt                 char(128) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
        clear                 char(128) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
        name                  char(128) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
        uid                   int(10) unsigned DEFAULT '65534' NOT NULL,
        gid                   int(10) unsigned DEFAULT '65534' NOT NULL,
        home                  char(255) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
        quota                 char(255) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
        KEY id (id(128))
        );</command></userinput></screen>

<para>This will add the courier user that we specified earilier in the
authmysql file:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>mysql -uroot -p{password} mysql

grant all privileges on *.* to courier@localhost identified by '{password}' with grant option;</command></userinput></screen>


<para><emphasis>General Settings for Mail</emphasis></para>

<para>You will need to create the following files with the contents
specified.</para>

<para><filename>/etc/courier/defaultdomain</filename></para>

<screen><userinput><command>cat &gt; /etc/courier/defaultdomain &lt;&lt; "EOF"</command>
{yourdomain}
<command>EOF</command></userinput></screen>

<para><filename>/etc/courier/me</filename></para>

<screen><userinput><command>cat &gt; /etc/courier/me &lt;&lt; "EOF"</command>
{servername.yourdomain}
<command>EOF</command></userinput></screen>

<para><filename>/etc/courier/locals</filename></para>

<screen><userinput><command>cat &gt; /etc/courier/locals &lt;&lt; "EOF"</command>
localhost
{yourdomain}
<command>EOF</command></userinput></screen>

<para><filename>/etc/courier/esmtpacceptmailfor.dir/system</filename></para>

<screen><userinput><command>cat &gt;/etc/courier/esmtpacceptmailfor.dir/system &lt;&lt; "EOF"</command>
localhost
{yourdomain}
<command>EOF</command></userinput></screen>

<para>You will also need to edit the aliases file and change the
following entry.</para>

<para><filename>/etc/courier/aliases/system</filename></para>

<screen><userinput>postmaster: {your adminstrator email}</userinput></screen>

<para>If you want to deny access from some hosts from sending mail you
will need to edit the <filename>/etc/courier/smtpaccess/default</filename>.</para>

<para>After the above steps are completed you will need to run the
following commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>makesmtpaccess
makehosteddomains
makealiases</command></userinput></screen>

<para><emphasis><acronym>SMTP</acronym>/<acronym>SMTMP</acronym>-<acronym>SSL
</acronym> Configuration</emphasis></para>

<para>This section will enable the <acronym>SMTP</acronym> Server from Courier</para>

<para><filename>/etc/courier/esmtpd</filename></para>

<screen><userinput>ESMTPDSTART=YES</userinput></screen>

<para><filename>/etc/courier/esmtpd-ssl</filename></para>

<screen><userinput>ESMTPDSSLSTART=YES</userinput></screen>

<para><emphasis><acronym>POP</acronym>3/<acronym>POP</acronym>3-<acronym>SSL
</acronym> Configuration</emphasis></para>

<para>This section will enable the <acronym>POP3</acronym> Server from
Courier</para>


<para><filename>/etc/courier/pop3d</filename></para>

<screen><userinput>POP3DSTART=YES</userinput></screen>

<para><filename>/etc/courier/pop3d-ssl</filename></para>

<screen><userinput>POP3DSLLSTART=YES</userinput></screen>

<para><emphasis><acronym>IMAP</acronym>/<acronym>IMAP</acronym>-<acronym>SSL
</acronym> Configuration</emphasis></para>

<para>This section will enable the <acronym>IMAP</acronym> Server from
Courier</para>

<para><filename>/etc/courier/imapd</filename></para>

<screen><userinput>IMAPDSTART=YES</userinput></screen>

<para><filename>/etc/courierd/imapd-ssl</filename></para>

<screen><userinput>IMAPDSSLSTART=YES</userinput></screen>

<para><emphasis>Creating Maildirectories for System Users</emphasis></para>


<para>This section will explain on how to create MailDirs for
your system users.</para>

<screen><userinput><command>cd /home/{username}
maildirmake Maildir
chown {username}.{username} Maildir -R</command></userinput></screen>

<para><emphasis>Setup for Virtual users</emphasis></para>

<para>This section will explain how to setup Maildir for your virtual
users.</para>

<screen><userinput><command>echo "vmailman:x:9000:9000:Virtual Mailman:/home/vmailman:/bin/bash" &gt;&gt; /etc/passwd
echo "vmailman:x:9000:" &gt;&gt; /etc/group</command></userinput></screen>

<para>Now to setup the maildir for these virutal users.</para>

<screen><userinput><command>cd /home/vmailman
mkdir {virtual_user}
cd {virtual_user}
maildirmake Maildir
chown vmailman.vmailman Maildir -R</command></userinput></screen>

<para>Add the virtual user to the MySQL database. You need to enter at
least on version of the password either clear text or encrypted.</para>

<screen><userinput><command>mysql -ucourier -p{password} courier-mail

insert into users values('{virtual_users}@{domain.com},
'{encrypted password or blank}','{clear text password or blank}',
'{User's Name}',9000,9000,'{location of Maildir}','{Quota in Bytes'});</command></userinput></screen>

<para>example</para>

<screen><userinput>insert into users values ('blfsuser@linuxfromscratch.org','
','password','BLFS User',9000,9000,'/home/vmailman/blfsuser','');</userinput></screen>

<para><emphasis>Setup for Web-based Email</emphasis></para>

<para>This section will explain how to setup Courier Web-based email
system.</para>

<para>You will need to copy the file webmail from
<filename>/usr/libexec/courier/webmail/webmail</filename> to your <filename>cgi-bin
</filename> directory of your <application>Apache</application>
server.</para>

<screen><userinput><command>cp -a /usr/libexec/courier/webmail/webmail /var/www/cgi-bin</command></userinput></screen>

<para>You will then need to copy the images to a folder under your
<filename>htdocs</filename> directory of your
<application>Apache</application> server. The directory needs to be named 
<filename>webmail</filename> or you need to specify it during the configure
phase with <command>--enable-imageurl=/url</command>.</para>

<screen><userinput><command>cp -a /usr/share/courier/sqwebmail/images /var/www/htdocs/webmail</command></userinput></screen>
<para><emphasis>Setup for Web-based Email</emphasis></para>

<para>This section will explain how to setup Courier Web-based administration
system.</para>

<para>You will need to copy the file webadmin from
<filename>/usr/libexec/courier/webmail/webmin</filename> to your <filename>cgi-bin
</filename> directory of your <application>Apache</application>
server.</para>

<screen><userinput><command>cp -a /usr/libexec/courier/webmail/webadmin /var/www/cgi-bin</command></userinput></screen>

<para><filename>/etc/courier/webadmin/password</filename></para>

<screen><userinput><command>cat &gt; /etc/courier/webadmin/password &lt;&lt; "EOF"</command>
{password}
<command>EOF</command></userinput></screen>

<para>If you are not using <acronym>SSL</acronym> on your <application>Apache
</application> server, you will need to add
<filename>/etc/courier/webadmin/unsecureok</filename>, so you will be able
to use your web based administration tool.

<screen><userinput><command>touch /etc/courier/webadmin/unsecureok</command></userinput></screen></para>
</sect3>

<sect3><title>Courier init.d script</title>

<para>The startup script from the <application>Courier</application> package is 
the easiest to use. It will automatically create missing data files, and 
<acronym>SSL</acronym> certificates if they are missing. To install the 
init.d file for <application>Courier</application> you will need to use the 
follow commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>cp /usr/src/courier-&courier-version;/courier.sysvinit /etc/rc.d/init.d/courier &amp;&amp;
chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/init.d/courier</command></userinput></screen>

<para>Create the symbolic links to this file in the relevant
<filename>rc.d</filename> directory with the following commands:

<screen><userinput><command>cd /etc/rc.d/init.d &amp;&amp;
ln -sf ../init.d/courier ../rc0.d/K25courier &amp;&amp;
ln -sf ../init.d/courier ../rc1.d/K25courier &amp;&amp;
ln -sf ../init.d/courier ../rc2.d/K25courier &amp;&amp;
ln -sf ../init.d/courier ../rc3.d/S35courier &amp;&amp;
ln -sf ../init.d/courier ../rc4.d/S35courier &amp;&amp;
ln -sf ../init.d/courier ../rc5.d/S35courier &amp;&amp;
ln -sf ../init.d/courier ../rc6.d/K25courier</command></userinput></screen></para>

</sect3>
</sect2>