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| author | Stefan Kangas <skangas@skangas.se> | 2011-02-27 02:10:43 +0100 |
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| committer | Stefan Kangas <skangas@skangas.se> | 2011-02-27 02:10:43 +0100 |
| commit | 4e99d89906382d731f5bb370824add2306cf812d (patch) | |
| tree | f67ed02879f5d00186524454bd239a173cf69cc8 | |
| parent | da612bc0141faf001390be38a706878a1a3b84bc (diff) | |
Add overview of smarthost to imap server configuration.
| -rw-r--r-- | fripost-docs.org | 24 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/fripost-docs.org b/fripost-docs.org index 91ca235..cd4a225 100644 --- a/fripost-docs.org +++ b/fripost-docs.org @@ -776,12 +776,28 @@ sudo /etc/init.d/dovecot restart # client. *** Configuring a new smarthost to relay e-mail to the main IMAP server +**** Overview + +We relay mail from our smarthosts to the main IMAP server. + +This is to avoid having a single poin of failure and to separate concerns. The +IMAP server then only needs to deal with authenticated clients and the +smarthosts. + +**** Prerequisites + +Before this can work we must make sure that: +- the MySQL replication is working +- there is an SSH tunnel for the smtp + +If they are both setup, we can configure postfix on the smarthost to relay +emails through the tunnel. + +**** Configuration files + +TODO: add the necessary configuration files -First setup an SSH tunnel between the hosts according to instructions given -above. -Next, we need to configure postfix on the smarthost to relay emails through the -tunnel. ** Configuring the webserver |