1. Install Courier (done using this page: http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9811/ur0506m/) apt-get install courier-imap-ssl This will pull down all relevant packages Chose defaults when installing 2. Main Config is naturly enough in /etc/courier Nothing is chanced in Courier Configs 3. To get postfix handing off to Courier: Config Postfix (done using this page: http://www.samba.netfirms.com/courier/courier.html) /etc/postfix/main.cnf Comment out #mailbox_command = /user/bin/ procaine's-Y -a $DOMAIN Include or uncomment home_mailbox = Maildir/ 4. Step 3 should automatically make a Maildir in /home/user when mail is recieved If you want to make the maildir manually, because a maildir is required for IMAP Login: Done using this website: http://archives.free.net.ph/message/20050807.151155.5ecafcf2.en.html /home/user maildirmake Maildir This can be done for defauly users in the skeleton account /etc/skel/ 5. IMAP login and recieving emails should work ok using thunderbird

6. Fix for courier. So thunderbird gave me the error: “Alert from account: Filesystem notification initialization error – contact your mail administrator (check for configuration errors with the FAM/Gamin library). apt-get install gamin Ref: http://zeldor.biz/2010/12/fix-filesystem-notification-initialization-error/ http://www.tutorialnut.com/index.php/2010/05/18/quick-fix-filesystem-notification-initialization-error-contact-your-mail-administrator-check-for-configuration-errors-with-the-famgamin-library/

7. Now there does seem to be a load in PROCMAIL that I'm not using. Rules can be made as to what folder to sort incoming email. (Some basics are at: http://www.pocock.com.au/linux-doc/mbox-maildir.html) Actually I am mixing up procmail with maildir!! POSTFIX → PROCMAIL (not even sure!) → MAILDIR → COURIER

= Install and Config for Procmail = apt-get install procmail vi /etc/postfix/main.cf //add the line: mailbox_command = /usr/bin/procmail -a “$EXTENSION” DEFAULT=$HOME/Maildir/ MAILDIR=$HOME/Maildir restart postfix and test.

vi /home/$USER/.procmailrc #Start of Procmailrc script. PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin MAILDIR=$HOME/Maildir LOGFILE=$MAILDIR/procmail.log

:0 c !email@gmail.com This above procmail reciepie creates a procmail log for the user. It also forwards a copy of all email to email@gmail.com More procmail rules at http://wiki.kartbuilding.net/index.php/Procmail

Even though I'm sure its not the best practice, I copy the newly updated apache.pem cert and use it for courier-ssl. cp /etc/apache2/ssl/apache2.pem /etc/courier/imapd.pem /etc/init.d/courier-imap-ssl restart