Archive:Docs/Drafts/AdministrationGuide/Servers/MailServer

= MailServer =

Present guide is targeted for small mailserver, serving domain with few clients.

Components
Normally mailserver will consist of several components:
 * MTA, message transport agent. This is the core of the mailserver, taking mail from clients and relaying/delivering towards destination host.
 * Sendmail
 * Postfix
 * Qmail


 * MDA, message delivery agent, responsible for placing arrived mail into proper mailbox, according to rules.
 * Procmail


 * MUA mail user agent, end user's interface for working with mailbox, reading and composing, submitting mail to MTA
 * kmail
 * evolution
 * mail
 * Self:pine


 * Spam tools, identifying spam
 * Spamassassin


 * Access protocols: IMAP, POP, Webmail
 * IMAP Dovecot ;
 * Webmail Squirrelmail


 * email security
 * selfsigned OpenSSL  certificates

If you are behind the Self:NAT enabled Self:router the proper Self:portforwarding is also needed