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  Must do to

  get email setup locally

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  Setup minimal security

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  Setup in-depth security

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  Setup nice-to have options

Image ModifiedSet up Exim configuration

Image ModifiedInstall Diagnostic Tools

Image ModifiedUser Authentication

• Dovecot
• sasl2-bin
• Courier-Imap
• Image ModifiedShell Password Authentication
  • SASL
  • PAM

Image ModifiedGenerate a certificate

Image ModifiedSpam scanning

• spamassassin

Image ModifiedExim access control lists (ACLs)

• Access Control Lists

Image ModifiedDNS Blacklist

zen.spamhaus.org

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Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance

• Image ModifiedSPF Filtering

  Sender Policy Framework Filtering

  • a mechanism used to reduce email forgery
  • declare where on the internet your domain sends email from
  • a recipient email server can check your SPF records
    • if the sending email server is listed in these records

      then email will be accepted

    • If the sending server is not in the list

      then the email can be further auctioned upon,

      such as rejected or held in quarantine

  • benefits
    • reduces of backscatter spam

      backscatter spam is a technique for getting around

      SPF filters.

  • SPF records for a domain are defined in the domain’s DNS records
  • Information on setting up SPF
    • http://old.openspf.org/wizard.html
    • http://www.openspf.org

Image ModifiedEmail Subaddressing

• Reference
  • Email Subaddressing

Image ModifiedFor running a mailing list and ensuring all sent mail is DMARC compliant

Glossary

• Email Agents
  • MTA

    Mail Transfer Agent

  • MDA

    Mail Delivery Agent

  • MUA

    Mail User Agent

  • MSA

    Mail Submission Agent

• DMARC

  Domain-based Message Authentication,

  Reporting & Conformance

  • an email authentication, policy, and reporting protocol
  • builds on the widely deployed protocols
    • SPF
    • DKIM
• SPF

  Sender Policy Framework

• DKIM

  DomainKeys Identified Message

Reference

• EXIM.org

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