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Let’s do Postfix slowly and properly – Part 6: Relay authenticating with SASL

Piggybacking off of Dovecot to provide authentication services for Postfix.

Post date September 13, 2019
Post categories In Linux, Server
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Let’s do Dovecot slowly and properly: Part 2 – Proper authentication

Encrypting communications with dovecot and hashing passwords for safe storage

Post date June 19, 2018
Post categories In Linux, Server

Let’s do Dovecot slowly and properly – Part 1: PLAIN as day

Configuring a very basic dovecot setup as a foundation for more advanced features later on

Post date June 4, 2018
Post categories In Linux, Server
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Setting up Postfix and Dovecot Slowly and Properly

Back in 2015 I embarked on an ambitious plan to blog my entire way through setting up my own selfhosted email server. I got a fair bit in…

Post date June 4, 2018
Post categories In Linux, Server

Squeezing the sponge: How to implement a buffering SMTP Handler in Python

…when he needs what you have gleaned, it is but squeezing you, and, sponge, you shall be dry again. – Hamlet One of the first things I implement…

Post date February 10, 2017
Post categories In Python

Let’s do Postfix slowly and properly – Part 5: Relaying from the local network

Understanding how Postfix makes decisions regarding relay, i.e. whether or not to pass on the mail submitted to it.

Post date November 1, 2015
Post categories In Linux, Server

Let’s do Postfix slowly and properly – Part 4: Virtual domains

Replacing local accounts with virtual accounts – and understanding the difference

Post date October 26, 2015
Post categories In Linux, Server

Let’s do Postfix slowly and properly – Part 3: Opening up to the outside

Testing the limits of local: System user email on a host accessible from the internet

Post date October 22, 2015
Post categories In Linux, Server

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