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Adding reminder WRT dovecot service.
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<ol><li value="5">Restart your postfix service. Note that dovecot-lda is just a program invoked by Postfix, it doesn't have an associated service.</li></ol>
=== Sending a Mail Message from VM2 (Using Thunderbird)===
{{Admon/important |Sent messages will not be saved to the sent folder|During this step the messages you send will not be saved to the sent folder and Thunderbird will permanently hang with a message that it is saving the message. It will never succeed, as we have not yet configured the imap server to accept the connection necessary for that to work.}}
'''Perform the following steps:'''
#Use the '''netstat''' and '''telnet''' commands (like you did in lab 4b) to confirm your service is listening on the correct ports/interfaces. You will probably have to open the appropriate firewall port on '''vm3''' to allow incoming '''SMTP''' connections.<br><br>'''Note:''' You should be able to send email to any regular user <u>on</u> '''vm3''' using the email address '''yourusername@yoursenecaid.org''' using the Thunderbird application on your host machine (which is configured to use the account on your vm2 machine).<br><br>
<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>
#The configuration file for the Dovecot service (which is not the same thing as dovecot-lda) is: '''/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf'''. Modify the '''protocols''' option so that Dovecot will work with IMAP connections, no POP3 or LMTP.
# Start the dovecot service, and ensure it will always start automatically when the machine boots.
# Use the '''netstat''' command to confirm the service is listening, and use telnet on the host to confirm you can connect to it.
#If you can connect - it's now time to do something wrong, that is connect to our IMAP server using Thunderbird over an unencrypted connection.
# Edit the '''/etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-auth.conf''' file and set '''disable_plaintext_auth''' to '''no'''.
# Then edit the '''/etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-ssl.conf''' file and set '''ssl''' to '''yes'''.<br><br>'''Note:''' This combination of parameters will allow your username and password to be sent over the internet in plain text, for anyone interested to look at. In the following lab we'll set up secure SMTP and IMAP connections, for now this is all we have time for.<br><br>
# Restart dovecot so the changes take effect.
#Try to connect to your IMAP server with Thunderbird by clicking on your '''Inbox'''.
#If nothing happens, then check the Thunderbird Activity Manager for any errors. If the connection is successful, you should see the '''Trash''' box <u>appear</u> below Inbox.
