Support #653
Updated by Daniel Curtis over 8 years ago
This is a guide on installing Dovecot and Postfix with Nginx, PostgreSQL, and SpamAssassin on FreeBSD. This guide is adapted from the mail server setup at "purplehat.org":http://www.purplehat.org/?page_id=4 h2. Prepare the System * Make sure the system is up to date: <pre> pkg update && pkg upgrade </pre> * Install portmaster and screen: <pre> pkg install portmaster screen </pre> * Update the ports tree: <pre> portsnap fetch extract pkg2ng </pre> h2. Configure the Ports * This builds ClamAV to allow our “vscan” user access to it. Add ClamAV build options to @/etc/make.conf@ file: <pre> echo "CLAMAVUSER=vscan" >> /etc/make.conf echo "CLAMAVGROUP=vscan" >> /etc/make.conf </pre> * Add BATCH option to @/etc/make.conf@ file: <pre> echo "BATCH=yes" >> /etc/make.conf </pre> * Edit pear-Net_SMTP installation menu: <pre> cd /usr/ports/net/pear-Net_SMTP make config </pre> #* *NOTE*: Make sure *[X]PEAR_AUTH_SASL* is selected. * Edit pear-Auth Options installation menu: <pre> cd /usr/ports/security/pear-Auth make config </pre> #* *NOTE*: Make sure *[X]PEAR_DB* and *[X]PEAR_LOG* are selected. * Edit pear-Log installation menu: <pre> cd /usr/ports/sysutils/pear-Log make config </pre> #* *NOTE*: Make sure *[X]PEAR_DB* is selected. * Edit Dovecot installation menu: <pre> cd /usr/ports/mail/dovecot2 make config </pre> #* *NOTE*: Make sure *[X]PGSQL* *[X]POSTGRESQL* is selected. * Edit Postfix installation menu: <pre> cd /usr/ports/mail/postfix make config </pre> #* *NOTE*: Make sure *[X]BDB*, *[X]PGSQL*, [X]POSTGRESQL, *[X]TLS*, *[X]VDA* and *[X]DOVECOT2* are selected. * Edit Postfixadmin installation menu: <pre> cd /usr/ports/mail/postfixadmin make config </pre> *NOTE*: Make sure *[X]PGSQL* *[X]POSTGRESQL* is selected. * Edit SpamAssassin installation menu: <pre> cd /usr/ports/mail/spamassassin make config </pre> #* *NOTE*: Make sure *[X]PGSQL*, *[X]POSTGRESQL*, *[X]DKIM*, *[X]RAZOR*, *[X]RELAY_COUNTRY* and *[X]SPF_QUERY* are selected. * Edit Maia-Mailguard installation menu: <pre> cd /usr/ports/security/maia make config </pre> #* *NOTE*: Make sure the *[X]DOVECOT2*, *[X]FUZZYOCR*, *[X]PGSQL*, *[X]PFA*, *[X]POSTFIX* [X]DOVECOT2, [X]FUZZYOCR, [X]PGSQL, [X]PFA, [X]POSTFIX and *[X]WEBHOST* [X]WEBHOST options are selected. Also make sure to unset the *[ ]MYSQL* option. Feel free to select any additional options you may want. h2. Install Maia Mailguard * Install Maia-Mailguard: <pre> portmaster security/maia </pre> * Set password for “vscan” user: <pre> passwd vscan </pre> h2. Resources * http://www.purplehat.org/?page_id=4