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Mail server using Linux(Ubuntu)
This document provides information about setting up a mail server. It discusses what a mail server is and its main components, including Linux operating system requirements, DNS and web servers, MTA and MDA, webmail and chat clients. It describes how these components work together and the configuration process, including making user accounts. The document concludes that email is an important part of any website and careful configuration is needed to integrate it seamlessly.
Mail server using Linux(Ubuntu)
- 1. Mail Server Submitted To:Er. Hardeep Singh Submitted By: Navjot Singh Deepak Kumar Kansal
- 2. COMPANY PROFILE TECHI TECHNOLOGY PVT.LTD. techi Technology Pvt. Ltd. is established in 2011. Product based and service based company Develop innovative, qualitative and impressive Websites. Develop Mobile Applications. All verified methodologies are being utilized. Affordable services. Good reputation and trustworthy work.
- 3. Mail Server Electronic mail,commonly called e-mail, is a method of exchanging digital messages from one recipient to the other. Mail Server is the computerized equivalent of your friendly neighborhood mailman. Every mail passes through series of mail servers along it’s way to intended recipient. For Example:- Gmail, yahoo mail, hotmail, reddiffmail
- 4. Features of MailServer E- Communication Secure Log In Migration Simplicity IPv4 & IPv6 Security Anti-virus Protection (Few mail servers) Content & Files sharing
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- 6. Software Requirements Linux- Ubuntu/Redhat DNSServer- bind Web Server- apache MTA- postfix MDA- dovecot Webmail Client- squirrelmail Chat Client- thunderbird (optional)
- 7. Why to use LINUX? Freewareand Open Source More Security Why to a copy software illegally when it is freely available Easy Server handling Light weight operating system Bug fixing is Faster
- 8. DNS & WebServer DNS- Domain name server is a software program that performs domain name services. It contains the inform- ation that which website is related to which IP address. For example- 8.8.8.8, 4.4.4.4 Web Server- A Web server is a program that, using the client/server model and the World Wide Web's HTTP, serves the files that form Web pages to Web users means whose computers contain HTTP clients that forward their requests. For example- apache
- 9. MTA & MDA MTA-Mail Transfer Agent is the program responsible for receiving incoming emails and delivering the messages to individual users. The MTA transfers messages between computers. For example- postfix MDA- Mail Delivery Agent is a computer software component that is responsible for delivery of e-mails to a local recipient's mailbox. For example- dovecot
- 10. Webmail & ChatClient Webmail client- It is any email client implemented as a web application running on a web server. Practically every mail server provider offers email access using a webmail client. For example- squirrelmail, roundcube. Chat Client- It is the software that resides in the user's computer for handling instant messaging. Whenever a mail is received by account connected to client then it shows a notification in the notification bar. For example- Thunderbird, Gmail app in android.
- 11. Configurations Configurations- Using nanoeditor or gedit editor, we can do configurations of DNS server, dovecot, postfix etc. Accounts- Using useradd command, we can make users. All the users will be created on the server PC. The users of other PCs cannot login to the mail server even if they can go to login page.
- 12. Log In Page Putusername and password to get access of mail account
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- 14. Conclusion E-mail is animportant part of any Web site, and you need to plan it’s configuration carefully to make it a seamless part of the Web experience of your visitors. Without it, your Web site won't seems to be complete.