qmail: March 2003 Archives

     Although qmail is ridiculously simple - and usually requires a host of plug-ins for expanded uses (like IMAP4 and virtual domains - see my qmail HOWTO translations of Oliver Lehmann's original HOWTO), but the MTA in itself has never had a bug/security hole since I implemented it 2 years ago. If you don't find this amazing, then this post won't make any difference anyway. Come to think of it, I haven't upgraded one of my implementations since 2 years ago... As sendmail issues yet another warning, I sit comfortably, sipping coffee and reading the news. Thank you Dan!

!!!WARNING!!!

This HOWTO (which should be named "misleading install guide that is too old to be taken seriously) no longer matches Oli's at pofo.de. Please direct your attention to lifewithqmail.org for better help and more details. (I'm only leaving this up until I can figure out how to gracefully remove it.)
SF - 2005-11-30

!!!WARNING!!!

This HOWTO (which should be named "misleading install guide that is too old to be taken seriously) no longer matches Oli's at pofo.de. Please direct your attention to lifewithqmail.org for better help and more details. (I'm only leaving this up until I can figure out how to gracefully remove it.)
SF - 2005-11-30

!!!WARNING!!!

This HOWTO (which should be named "misleading install guide that is too old to be taken seriously) no longer matches Oli's at pofo.de. Please direct your attention to lifewithqmail.org for better help and more details. (I'm only leaving this up until I can figure out how to gracefully remove it.)
SF - 2005-11-30

!!!WARNING!!!

This HOWTO (which should be named "misleading install guide that is too old to be taken seriously) no longer matches Oli's at pofo.de. Please direct your attention to lifewithqmail.org for better help and more details. (I'm only leaving this up until I can figure out how to gracefully remove it.)
SF - 2005-11-30

Chapter 1. Installation of the Necessary Programs

Copyright 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 by Oliver Lehman

Translation 2002 by Steven N. Fettig
Modified: 6 August 2002 - Steven N. Fettig
Modified: 25 November 2002 - Steven N. Fettig
Modified: 21 January 2003 - Steven N. Fettig
Modified: 27 March 2003 - Steven N. Fettig
Modified: 18 February 2004 - Steven N. Fettig

The following HOWTO is provided for the installation of an email server. POP3, POP3 over ssl, IMAP4, and IMAP4 over ssl are the different service configurations in this document. Mail transport is done using SMTP. The authentication for the roaming use of SMTP is taken care of through a preauthorization check done when one authenticates via IMAP4 or POP3. It is assumed that for the purposes of the installation, one is using a current version of FreeBSD.

(Translators note: The translation of this document is more of a "recreation" of the original, not a true translation. It would have taken me much more time to use the exact language structure that Oliver Lehman has used, and I decided that the better purpose of this document would be to give non-German speaking peoples the opportunity to take a look at this wonderful HOWTO in English. So, this is a Steve-ization of Oliver's original writings and I offer my apologies where I have butchered his original document. I only hope to make this thorough and as close as possible to his original, but offer no promises ;) . I will also offer some personal notes, as I have found some issues with the setup of some services. Those notes will be in itallics and enclosed by [ ] brackets.)

This HOWTO was written with great care, however, there may be errors in the following document. I cannot be responsible for erroneous directions and their results and will not be held to any judicial proceedings. I am thankful for any suggestions or corrections.

The title of this little diddy says it all. Check out: inter7 Oh, yeah, and the fact that they are close to my neck of the woods... makes them that much better.

Not to overpromise and underdeliver, but I finally have gotten off my rumpkus and finished two very important projects related to FreeBSD: 1) Review the latest qmail HOWTO from Oliver Lehmann (www.pofo.de), test the installation on FreeBSD 4.7 and 5.0-RELEASE and start re-writing my translation. 2) Get a few other inter7 programs to work - namely: vqadmin and vQregister. The vQregister program is the one that has interested me the most, as it will finally allow me to create a fully automated email account registration process for fettig.org (my project to give free email and web services to those with the last name Fettig). So, hopefully, in the next few days, you will see new qmail/vpopmail/courier-imap resources and even some extras regarding the installation of vQregister.

If you are looking for the original site -- which you very well might want to look at -- it still exists at the following link:

http://www.stevenfettig.com/qmail/

I am in the process of updating the document alltogether and will be removing the old site once that takes place. In the mean-time, I think that the docs at the link above will be easier to read...

Steve