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** Configuring the e-mail servers
- We will be using one main mail storage server, accessible by users via IMAP. We will have two or more mail gateways that will relay e-mail to the main server over secure connections.
+ We will be using one main mail storage server, accessible by users via IMAP.
+ This server should be referred to as the main `IMAP server'. We will have two
+ or more mail gateways that will relay e-mail to the main server over secure
+ connections. These are called `smarthosts'.
- The main server will also be responsible for keeping all users in an MySQL database that will be replicated over
+ The main server will also be responsible for keeping all users in an MySQL
+ database that will be replicated using MySQL.
+
+*** Basic configuration of MySQL
+**** Installing MySQL
+ - sudo apt-get-install mysql-server
+ - generate a long (25 characters) password for the mysql root user
+
+**** Configuring the main IMAP server
+ We will use four tables `alias', `domain', `log' and `mailbox'.
+
+ // FIXME; add description of tables
+ :HIDDEN:
+mysql> show tables;
+
+mysql> describe alias;
+
+mysql> describe domain;
+
+mysql> describe log;
+
+mysql> describe mailbox;
+ :END:
+
+ - to set up the tables, use the following schema // FIXME: Add schema
+ :HIDDEN:
+
+ :END:
+
+**** Configuring the MySQL replication
+ This link looks promising:
+ http://www.howtoforge.com/mysql_database_replication
+
+ However, we will be using an SSH tunnel for this, so this needs to be described.
-*** Configuring the MySQL replication
*** Configuring the SSH tunnel between a new smarthost and the main IMAP server
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