According to the perfect setup for debian tutorial: In order to install Postfix with SMTP-AUTH and TLS as well as a POP3 server that also does POP3s (port 995) and an IMAP server that is also capable of IMAPs (port 993) do the following steps: apt-get install postfix postfix-tls libsasl2 sasl2-bin libsasl2-modules ipopd-ssl uw-imapd-ssl (1 line!) this took more than 1 line...is that a problem? <- pop3 and pop3s <- No <- Internet Site <- NONE <- server1.example.com <- server1.example.com, localhost.example.com, localhost <- No when i got to this point, i only got prompts for the 1st four lines. postconf -e 'smtpd_sasl_local_domain =' postconf -e 'smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes' postconf -e 'smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous' postconf -e 'broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes' postconf -e 'smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated,permit_mynetworks,reject_unauth_destination' postconf -e 'inet_interfaces = all' echo 'pwcheck_method: saslauthd' >> /etc/postfix/sasl/smtpd.conf echo 'mech_list: plain login' >> /etc/postfix/sasl/smtpd.conf I don't know where to put the above information... mkdir /etc/postfix/ssl cd /etc/postfix/ssl/ openssl genrsa -des3 -rand /etc/hosts -out smtpd.key 1024 chmod 600 smtpd.key openssl req -new -key smtpd.key -out smtpd.csr openssl x509 -req -days 3650 -in smtpd.csr -signkey smtpd.key -out smtpd.crt openssl rsa -in smtpd.key -out smtpd.key.unencrypted mv -f smtpd.key.unencrypted smtpd.key openssl req -new -x509 -extensions v3_ca -keyout cakey.pem -out cacert.pem -days 3650 i'm assuming these are shell command.... postconf -e 'smtpd_tls_auth_only = no' postconf -e 'smtp_use_tls = yes' postconf -e 'smtpd_use_tls = yes' postconf -e 'smtp_tls_note_starttls_offer = yes' postconf -e 'smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.key' postconf -e 'smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.crt' postconf -e 'smtpd_tls_CAfile = /etc/postfix/ssl/cacert.pem' postconf -e 'smtpd_tls_loglevel = 1' postconf -e 'smtpd_tls_received_header = yes' postconf -e 'smtpd_tls_session_cache_timeout = 3600s' postconf -e 'tls_random_source = dev:/dev/urandom' again, i'm not sure where to put this information. after this section, it shows what the /etc/postfix/main.cf file should look like....i'm not sure where to find the file to view it.....again, i'm assuming I would use the easy editor..... sorry for the long post, but i'm really new at this and confused.....
Yes shell commands You can add the one at a time to the shell. The you can use vi /etc/postfix/main.cf to see the output. NOTE: pay attention to this line though: smtpd_sasl_local_domain = $myhostname I'm not sure why but I had to add $myhostname manually. To be quite frank I don't even know if it makes a difference.
The lines above are all shell commands. Execute them by typing or better copying them line by line to your shell window / ssh client and hit return.