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This week, we will set up a '''Postfix''' demonstration for <u>receiving</u> email on your '''VM3''' machine.
You may ask yourself, ''"why not install on VM2 machine, since we used the VM2 machine in the previous lab?"''. The reason for this approach is to separate the two types of services: '''IMAP''' vs '''POP3'''.
We will begin by using the existing '''Postfix''' service on your '''VM3''' machine, then add an Local Delivery Agent ('''LDA''') by installing the '''dovecot-lda''' package on VM3, configure it, and test it to make sure that is is working correctly. Finally, we will set up an '''IMAP''' server (Dovecot) on VM3, so you can read your email from an MUA such as ''Thunderbird'' or a ''Webmail'' (we will set up a webmail application in a later lab).