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#Dovecott is not installed when you installed your Virtual machines in previous labs.
#Install the Dovecott Dovecot application by issuing the following command:<br>yum install dovecot-lda
#Edit your /etc/postfix/main.cf file and scroll down to (or search for) '''mailbox_command'''. Add the following line:
<ol><li value="2">Create a new account on your '''vm3''' machine using only your <u>first</u> name. We will use this account as a one-time "test" if the mail message has been received on your VM3 machine (from your VM2 machine).<br><br>'''Note:''' It is <u>'''important'''</u> that you '''<u>don't</u>''' create this same account name on your vm2 machine, since you want to easily identify the difference between the sending and receiving SMTP servers.<br><br></li></ol>
<ol><li value="3">We still haven't set up IMAP (for reading email) but we can test that the message is being delivered. Use the new account in Thunderbird to send an email to '''firstname@yoursenecaid.org ''' and then check the contents of '''/home/firstname/Maildir/new/ ''' on your '''vm3''' machine. - there There should be a file there with the contents of your email.</li><li>If there isn't one - is no file, then check the log file '''/var/log/maillog ''' to see what went wrong.</li><li>If you got it - this is a good time to stop and ponder how it all worked. You've gone through setting up a lot of services. </li><li>Look at the diagram at the top of the page - which . Which services have you currently set up?</li></ol>
=== Viewing Received Mail Message on VM3 VIA IMAP (Using Thunderbird) ===
==EXPLORATION QUESTIONS==
# What is the purpose of the '''Dovecot ''' package?
# What is the purpose of the '''mydestination''' parameter contained in the '''/etc/postfix/main.cf''' file?
# Why are '''IMAP''' and '''POP''' email servers placed on separate machines (vms)?
# What is the purpose of the '''mail_location''' parameter contained in the '''/etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-mail.conf''' file?