OPS335 Dovecot
Configuration for IMAP and POP3
- Edit the configuration file /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf, and add the following line to the bottom of the file, or uncomment the same line in /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-mail.conf:
mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
- Change the access permission of user mail box in /var/mail from 660 to 600 with the following command:
chmod 600 /var/mail/*
Testing POP3 port 110
- Login to your POP3 server as a regular user.
- telnet 192.168.122.184 110
The following is a typical successful POP3 session:
Testing POP3 port 995
- openssl s_client -connect 192.168.122.184:995
The following is a sample POP3S session:
[root@rchan ~]# openssl s_client -connect 192.168.122.184:995 CONNECTED(00000003) depth=0 OU = IMAP server, CN = imap.example.com, emailAddress = postmaster@example.com verify error:num=18:self signed certificate verify return:1 depth=0 OU = IMAP server, CN = imap.example.com, emailAddress = postmaster@example.com verify return:1 --- Certificate chain 0 s:/OU=IMAP server/CN=imap.example.com/emailAddress=postmaster@example.com i:/OU=IMAP server/CN=imap.example.com /emailAddress=postmaster@example.com --- Server certificate -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- MIICQzCCAaygAwIBAgIJALcfdK9YtAnqMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBBQUAMFgxFDASBgNV BAsTC0lNQVAgc2VydmVyMRkwFwYDVQQDExBpbWFwLmV4YW1wbGUuY29tMSUwIwYJ KoZIhvcNAQkBFhZwb3N0bWFzdGVyQGV4YW1wbGUuY29tMB4XDTEyMDIxNDEwMDQz MloXDTEzMDIxMzEwMDQzMlowWDEUMBIGA1UECxMLSU1BUCBzZXJ2ZXIxGTAXBgNV BAMTEGltYXAuZXhhbXBsZS5jb20xJTAjBgkqhkiG9w0BCQEWFnBvc3RtYXN0ZXJA ZXhhbXBsZS5jb20wgZ8wDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEBBQADgY0AMIGJAoGBAJbfvmamYddy rmic5sUDpw0nil+D3Z9wAno4vcynmdhX/6w0Ds3fOEcDT7sWzo4bU3Sg/cKoPn0q P3Qcd9M/zOoAdbZjPBxz0N5r6A8iIx353QfWQyJ1GeS1efD+5mgCkOlYWgmluhFU Gylf6uuzKXtyGHKULAmBk0D6OBIue1dfAgMBAAGjFTATMBEGCWCGSAGG+EIBAQQE AwIGQDANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFAAOBgQBSEZ2galIzSGai0nu4dE6ItQkOy7KI+64j h5CFDY9J+xED9GScNHaMa4IrvESAwWlGxI92JJhaUtB9jaW+Ft08uY65uoY2M+0u l3yRtJ7Yf/WxF90teShgqWqOr2SFLT0MfA2UoLWKRuhP/dBhLRkn8XEQ1yVUKN/4 YJM9ytydtA== -----END CERTIFICATE----- subject=/OU=IMAP server/CN=imap.example.com /emailAddress=postmaster@example.com issuer=/OU=IMAP server/CN=imap.example.com /emailAddress=postmaster@example.com --- No client certificate CA names sent --- SSL handshake has read 1301 bytes and written 311 bytes --- New, TLSv1/SSLv3, Cipher is DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA Server public key is 1024 bit Secure Renegotiation IS supported Compression: zlib compression Expansion: zlib compression SSL-Session: Protocol : TLSv1 Cipher : DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA Session-ID: 7D2FAD3059BB443857C4FC5766F55E2AF58DC0612E884A12918C84F409C63C85 Session-ID-ctx: Master-Key: 897A5BB65CA9542E502FAFCDEF3918C13BC6C42721BD60443311D1FDD7DA691C0DDA17FB284ADA74083D1ADB2A2B4265 Key-Arg : None Krb5 Principal: None PSK identity: None PSK identity hint: None TLS session ticket: 0000 - 06 ef d1 c5 22 bb 33 30-8f 6a de 1e 5f 7b 03 55 ....".30.j.._{.U 0010 - 30 d3 3b 67 21 ed 34 1a-dd 50 43 25 fe 45 16 b7 0.;g!.4..PC%.E.. 0020 - 5b d3 0f 9b f8 59 04 b6-3a 6c 2c 8b 13 4f c8 54 [....Y..:l,..O.T 0030 - 77 fa e1 3f 47 f9 fc 3a-72 f8 4e 21 e1 e9 b3 3d w..?G..:r.N!...= 0040 - 08 be d5 83 50 91 48 d7-03 09 f7 2b ae a7 81 9c ....P.H....+.... 0050 - 23 53 48 a2 38 06 69 3c-a8 c3 4b 16 e2 e8 15 eb #SH.8.i<..K..... 0060 - 13 8d 83 b0 13 cb ac 98-76 25 da 69 fd 2a 64 aa ........v%.i.*d. 0070 - 2c dd 1a e5 e2 61 4c 9a-93 d6 d8 1b 56 be 44 00 ,....aL.....V.D. 0080 - 53 bd 28 b1 5a c4 5d 42-df 67 89 89 56 65 aa 95 S.(.Z.]B.g..Ve.. 0090 - 10 29 cc 18 be 52 b8 c8-eb 7e 74 46 9e be 57 39 .)...R...~tF..W9
Compression: 1 (zlib compression) Start Time: 1329218719 Timeout : 300 (sec) Verify return code: 18 (self signed certificate) --- +OK OPS335 Dovecot ready. USER ops335 +OK PASS seneca99 +OK Logged in. LISt +OK 1 messages: 1 722 . QUIT DONE
Testing IMAP port 143
- telnet 192.168.122.184 143
Testing IMAP port 993
- openssl s_client -connect 192.168.122.184:993