PMDF Installation Guide
Linux Edition

Contents

Chapter 1
1	Installing PMDF and PMDF layered products
1.1	What You Should Have
1.1.1	Supported Linux Versions
1.1.2	Distribution Media
1.1.3	Disk Space Requirements
1.2	Preliminary Tasks for New Installations
1.2.1	Create PMDF and PMDFUSER Accounts
1.2.1.1	Using GROUPADD and USERADD to Add the Accounts
1.2.1.2	Editing the /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow Files to Add the Accounts
1.3	Preliminary Tasks for Upgrade Installations
1.3.1	Prepare to Convert Databases
1.3.2	Save Tailor File
1.4	Step-by-Step Installation Instructions
1.5	Post-Installation Tasks for Upgrades
1.6	Post-Installation Tasks for New Sites
1.7	Deinstalling PMDF
1.7.1	Step-by-Step Deinstallation Instructions
1.7.2	Problems Deinstalling
1.8	After Upgrading the Linux Operating System
Chapter 2
2	PMDF Example Installation
Chapter 3
3	Generating an Initial PMDF Configuration
3.1	Before You Begin
3.1.1	Selecting a System Name
3.1.2	Authentication and Security
3.2	Using the Web-based PMDF-MTA Configuration Utility
3.3	Using the Command Line Configuration Procedure
Chapter 4
4	Configuring PMDF POP and IMAP Mailbox Servers
4.1	Before You Begin
4.2	Using the Web-based POP and IMAP Mailbox Servers Configuration Utility
4.3	Using the Command Line POP and IMAP Mailbox Servers Configuration Utility
Chapter 5
5	PMDF-MTA and IMAP Example Configuration
5.1	Command Line Example Configuration
5.1.1	MTA/SMTP Sample Configuration
5.1.2	IMAP/POP Server Sample Configuration
5.2	Web-Based Example Configuration
5.3	MTA/SMTP Configuration
5.4	IMAP/POP Server Sample Configuration
Chapter 6
6	Configuring PMDF-MTA to act as an E-mail Firewall
6.1	Before You Begin
6.2	Using the Firewall Configuration Utility
Chapter 7
7	E-mail Firewall Example Configuration
Index
Index
Examples
2-1	Example Installation
5-1	Sample pmdf configure mta dialogue
5-2	Sample pmdf configure mailbox_servers dialogue
7-1	Example PMDF-MTA configuration as a firewall
7-2	Example checklist file for firewall configuration
Figures
5-1	Sample PMDF Site EXAMPLE.COM
5-2	HTTP Server Standalone Main Page
5-3	HTTP Server Main Page
5-4	Configuration Main Page
5-5	PMDF-MTA/SMTP Configuration, Local Host Information
5-6	PMDF-MTA/SMTP Configuration, Local Network Information
5-7	PMDF-MTA/SMTP Configuration, Security Information
5-8	PMDF-MTA/SMTP Configuration, Final Details Page
5-9	Configuration Main Page, MTA Configuration Entered
5-10	IMAP/POP Configuration, Select Servers
5-11	IMAP/POP Configuration, popstore/MessageStore Information
5-12	IMAP/POP Configuration, Server Information
5-13	Configuration Main Page, MTA and IMAP/POP Configurations Entered
5-14	Generate Files
5-15	MTA and IMAP/POP Checklist File
7-1	Sample PMDF Site EXAMPLE.COM