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Why everybody uses postfix for SMTP and courier for IMAP/POP3? [closed]

I understand that Courier has also a MTA and SMTP server. So, why every setup I found around documented around the Internet, people only uses Courier for IMAP and POP3? Is it ok for me to use Courier ...
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IMAP Folders with Ubuntu 12.04 mail server: postfix-courier-ssltls-spamassassin-clamav-amavis

I setup this mail server a few days ago according to this tutorial, worked fantastic: ...
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generic failure for SASL LOGIN

few years ago I've set up my server using this guide: http://flurdy.com/docs/postfix/ at that time machine was running ubuntu 8.04 LTS, recently I've updated machine to 12.04 LTS but can't force SASL ...
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Postfix address resolver failure & loopback to root

Ubuntu Linux 12.04.1 With LAMP stack. The goal is to setup a web server that can send mail via the PHP mail() function, which uses localhost. The mail must then be relayed to an ISP domain ...
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Postfix SMTP connection issue

I'm having a problem with my postfix install. I can't seem to get it to open up on any of the SMTP ports. I always get a connection timeout. When I do a nmap scan it shows the IMAP/s and POP3/s ports ...
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Linux Postfix MySql Courier Imap (single data dir and master slave database)

I have a mail server (postfix,mysql,courier) my imap connections are to high and burdens the server badly. I was thinking of: Setup postfix, Mysql, Courier then replicate database on slaves and mount ...
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Troubleshooting remote connection to mail server [duplicate]

I'm quite new to Linux, so please bear with me if my question is obvious. So far I have a Ubuntu 12.04 server configured and running smoothly, at least for the web part. I followed this guide ...
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Send all emails from a user's Courier IMAP account

Is there any way of resending all the mails from a user's cur folder with the current emails on the server? The imap service is done by Courier and the smtp by Postfix Path /var/vmail/DOMAI.com/USER/ ...
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Courier server: users can't login

So I've set up a mailserver using postfix. Made sure it works by using sendmail -v someemail I am positive it's sending and receiving emails; emails received are contained in file ...
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postfix courier mailserver does not create /home/vmail maildir but instead a file in /var/mail/

I followed this tutorial to the letter. However, after mailing a welcome message, postfix does not create a Maildir in /home/vmail. instead, it creates a file with the username in /var/mail/. This ...
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Postfix + Courier + MySql mail server with SASL

I am really at a loss configuring this mail-server deployment. I am following the excellent guide posted at http://flurdy.com/docs/postfix/. I'm using Ubuntu 10.04 LTS on Linode. While following ...
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postfix, courier-imap and virtual users quota

I am using Postfix MTA and courier-imap server. Clients and domains are virtual and stored in PostgreSQL database. Postfix reads quota data from SQL table OK and I can see such messages in maillog ...
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Invalid user when sending emails

I have a Ubuntu server with Postfix and Courier (both appear to be running fine). We used to have a control panel provided by our host but after upgrading the server it's no longer available. But now ...
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Redundant Mailservers

We recently had a harddisk failure on our mail server (debian/postfix/courier) so I'm researching a way to build redundancy. The first way I found was to setup multiple mx Records in the DNS Server ...
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Thoroughly test postfix/courier

I've set up a Postfix/Courier mail server that is not quite mission-critical, but still quite a critical system. Does anyone know of any systems I can use to thoroughly test the system for any errors ...
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Help please! Postfix SASL SMTP

I am getting an issue when trying to send out email on 465 secure SMTP with a Postfix + Courier with MySQL virtual users. I am able to connect with IMAP secure and download, and I can also send mail ...
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Postfix + Courier virtual domain/users and maildir

I have Postfix + Courier setup with virtual domains/users in MySQL, however, in /home/vmail these directories are not created so I get: Apr 1 17:56:18 Lucid authdaemond: Authenticated: ...
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Postfix, Courier POP3 root account receiving all mail

I have installed Postfix and Courier pop3 on Ubunto Hardy. I setup MX record to point to the server I built and it is working to some extend. I can email root@myFQDN.com from outlook and it works OK. ...
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Postfix - User unknown in virtual mailbox table + authentification failed

I'm trying to set postfix with MySQL authentication. I can send mails (from postfixadmin) to different domains. The problem is that I cannot send any mail to my domain or even log-in to squirrelMail ...
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Problem with e-mail server

I follow this tutorial step by step and in the end http://wiki.mediatemple.net/w/DV:Install_Postfix_on_Ubuntu#Configuring_TLS_and_SASL_authentication and i can make mi server work correctly the ...
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Setting up Procmail Filtering for Spam on Postfix/Courier+MySQL Virtual Users

I've been searching for a resource on how to do this but not having much luck. I am running a working MTA/MUA that is based on Postfix and Courier with MySQL as a backend for virtual users. I based ...
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Move postfix maildir files from one mail server to another

I have a new mail server configured as described in this howto: http://howtoforge.com/virtual-users-domains-postfix-courier-mysql-squirrelmail-ubuntu-9.10 I also have an ancient mail server ...
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Optimal settings for Postfix and optimizing a custom delivery script on a VPS

So I have Postfix + saslauthd + Courier-IMAP deployed on a Linode 1080 VPS. We are a small company, we have around 30 accounts (I use physical *nix users for the sake of convenience + Maildirs, see ...
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Where can I find tuning resources for postfix, saslauthd and courier

I just deployed postfix, saslauthd, courier to a starter VPS box running Ubuntu 8.04 with with 512MB of memory. Most of the memory is now being eaten up by these processes. I do plan to upgrade to a ...