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Tested on Ubuntu 12.10 VPS

We will create simple mailserver using postfix and dovecot. In current example we will use secure pop3 and smtp.

You should act as user so we are not adding this annoying "sudo" at the beginning of each command.

Install postfix

apt-get install postfix

NOTE: if you got the error: Package 'postfix' has no installation candidate. You should update the APT’s database:

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade

Usually postfix configure initial config by itself correctly. But you can check and reconfigure in case something wrong:

dpkg-reconfigure postfix

Check the next details and change in case it neccessary:

Mail server configuration type: “Internet Site”.
System mail name: mydomain.com
Root and postmaster mail recipient: leave blank
Other destinations to accept mail for: Add mydomain.com to the beginning of this comma-separated list.
Force synchronous updates?: No
Local networks: Enter your IP subnet that we picked in the Networking section.
Use procmail?: No
Mailbox size limit: “0″
Local address extension character: Leave as default.
Internet protocols to use: all

Create first user that will be used for mail. Let;s create user "test" with password "test1" . Change this password to more complex.

useradd test
passwd test