COURIER INSTALLATION

COURIER_MTA INSTALLATION



1.Download the courier authentication library

URL://http://www.courier-mta.org/authlib/

# rpm -qa | grep libtool
# rpm -qa | grep binutil
# rpm -qa | grep expect

# su – vasanth
# tar xvjf courier-authlib-0.63.0.tar.bz2
# cd courier-authlib-0.63.0
# ./configure
# make
# make install
# cd /usr/local/etc/authlib
# /usr/local/sbin/authdaemond start
# ps -ax | grep auth
# cd /etc/init.d
# ln -s /usr/local/sbin/authdaemond
# ln -s /etc/init.d/authdaemond /etc/rc5.d/S20authdaemond



INSATALLING Courier-IMAP

At first check the mailbox format by checking

# cat /var/qmail/control/defaultdelivery
Note: Compile courier as non root user
# tar xvjf courier-imap-4.7.0.tar.bz2
# cd courier-imap-4.7.0
# su root
#make install (must be root)
# make install-configure(must be root )
# cd /usr/lib/courier-imap/ ( Every thing related to courier will be installed inside this directory)

1.bin >>> Contain the binary file related to the courier
2. etc >>> Contain the configuaration files
3. libexec >>> Contain the startup scripts
4. libexec >>> courier tcpd is the tcp super server like xinetd and inetd
5. man >>> Mnaul pages





CONFIGURING POP3 SERVICE

# cd /usr/lib/courier-imap/etc
# vi pop3d
#/usr/lib/courier-imap/libexec/pop3d.rc start
# netstat -nlp | grep 110


# vi /usr/local/etc/authlib/authdaemonrc
uncomment the following
authmodulelist="authuserdb authpam authldap authmysql authcustom authpipe"

IF any problem regarding pop read

http://www.courier-mta.org/authlib/README.authdebug.html


COURIER -POP3-SSL

# vi /usr/lib/courier-imap/etc/pop3d.cnf

Add the entrries to your choice

# cd /usr/lib/courier-imap/share

# ./mkpop3dcert

Certificate is stored in the /usr/lib/courier-imap/share/pop3d.pem

# cd /usr/lib/courier-imap/libexec

# ./pop3d-ssl.rc start



NOTE

Link all the startup script to /etc/init.d/
and /etc/rc3.d or rc5.d