postfix+dovecot+squirrelmail installation from source need help

[balot]

I have a project installing postfix+dovecot and squirrelmail from source.
My problem is i dont know how to test my postfix and dovecot that it is running. Can you give me some commands to test it....

And also can i ask steps on squirrelmail installation and configuration with postfix and dovecot!!!


Thanks a lot!!!!!

I really need your help!!!!

[richiefrich]

to test postfix thats easy

If you can do this from a computer outside your local network that'd be great. If not lets see if you got the local part in the main.cf right.

Lets see if postfix is going to deliver mail for our test user.

telnet localhost 25
ehlo mail.testmail.org
mail from:<test@testmail.org>
rcpt to:<cactus@virtualdomain.tld>
data
This is a test email.

.
quit


change those values iin the <> and after ehlo to your info


should produce output like this..

Trying 192.168.1.113...
Connected to arch.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 mail.yourserver.org ESMTP Postfix
ehlo mail.yourserver.org
250-mail.yourserver.org
250-PIPELINING
250-SIZE 10240000
250-VRFY
250-ETRN
250 8BITMIME
mail from:<dethwish@ptd.net>
250 Ok
rcpt to:<richiefrich@yourserver.org>
250 Ok
data
354 End data with <CR><LF>.<CR><LF>
This is a test email.
.
250 Ok: queued as 1AE962151C
quit
221 Bye
Connection closed by foreign host.


As for squirrelmail load it up in the browser does mail come in? If n ot then you dont have Mail delivery agent/filter Postfix + procmail + Dovecot I think you are missing and app

And as to test Dovecot -> once running and configured, just connect to it as a normal pop3 or imap server.

I might be wrong on the promail but i use it.. and it sorts the mail
what distro? I was wondering as I was answering..