CENTOS6安装POSTFIX和dovecot

1、安装系统包

使用yum安装postfix，dovecot包，启用系统服务。

yum install postfix dovecot chkconfig postfix on chkconfig dovecot on

2、配置main.cf文件

vi /etc/postfix/main.cf

# 修改或增加如下行 myhostname = mail.fileregion.com mydomain = fileregion.com myorigin = $mydomain inet_interfaces = all mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost, $mydomain mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 home_mailbox = Maildir/ smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, permit_sasl_authenticated, reject_unauth_destination, permit broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes

重启postfix:

/etc/init.d/postfix restart

3、配置Dovecot

配置dovecot.conf:

vi /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf

将下面的行取消注释:

protocols = imap pop3 listen = *

配置认证机制：

vi /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-auth.conf 修改下面的行: disable_plaintext_auth = no auth_mechanisms = plain login

配置mail_location:

vi /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-mail.conf 修改或者取消注释下面的行: mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir

配置auth服务:

vi /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-master.conf # 注释下面的行 #unix_listener auth-userdb {     #mode = 0600     #user =     #group =   #} # change or setup on these line: # Postfix smtp-auth   unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth {     mode = 0666     user = postfix     group = postfix   }

配置POP3:

vi /etc/dovecot/conf.d/20-pop3.conf # 取消注释: pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh

重启Dovecot服务 :

/etc/init.d/dovecot restart