HP-UX Mailing Solutions White Paper

Table of Contents
Executive Summary................................................................................................................................7
Intended Audience.................................................................................................................................7
Introduction............................................................................................................................................7
Setting up the Mail Server......................................................................................................................7
Message Transfer Agent....................................................................................................................7
Configuring Sendmail in an HP-UX System...............................................................................7
Prerequisites...........................................................................................................................8
Setting Up the Sendmail Server on an HP-UX System...........................................................8
Verifying the Sendmail Mail Server Setup.............................................................................9
Message Delivery Agent ...................................................................................................................9
Configuring rmail on an HP-UX System...................................................................................9
Prerequisites..........................................................................................................................10
Configuring rmail as the Local Mailer...............................................................................10
Message Access Agent.....................................................................................................................10
The Internet Message Access Protocol ......................................................................................10
Configuring IMAP on an HP-UX System.............................................................................10
The Post Office Protocol Version 3.............................................................................................12
Configuring POP3 on an HP–UX System.............................................................................12
Setting up the Mail Client.....................................................................................................................14
The Pine Mail Client........................................................................................................................15
Configuring and Verifying Pine on an HP–UX System.............................................................15
The Microsoft Outlook Mail Client.................................................................................................18
Configuring Microsoft Outlook on a Microsoft Windows System............................................19
The Thunderbird Mail Client..........................................................................................................21
Configuring the Thunderbird Mail Client.................................................................................21
Anti-Spam and Anti-Virus Solutions in HP-UX Sendmail...................................................................24
Milters..............................................................................................................................................25
Configuring Sendmail with Milter on an HP–UX System.........................................................25
Prerequisites..........................................................................................................................26
Compiling and Installing the Filter......................................................................................26
Configuring Milter with the Sendmail Server...........................................................................26
Verifying the Sendmail Configuration.......................................................................................28
Clam-AV Milter Support.................................................................................................................28
Configuring Sendmail with Clam-AV Milter.............................................................................29
Prerequisites..........................................................................................................................29
Configuring Clam-AV Milter Support on an HP-UX system...............................................29
Configuring the Sendmail Server with Clam-AV Milter......................................................30
Verifying the Clam-AV Configuration..................................................................................32
Milter-Regex Support......................................................................................................................32
Configuring Milter-Regex with Sendmail on an HP-UX System..............................................32
Prerequisites..........................................................................................................................32
Configuring Milter-Regex on an HP-UX System..................................................................32
Configuring the Sendmail Server with Milter-Regex...........................................................33
Verifying the Milter-Regex Configuration............................................................................34
Procmail Support.............................................................................................................................35
Configuring Procmail with Sendmail on an HP-UX System.....................................................35
Prerequisites..........................................................................................................................35
Configuring Procmail on an HP-UX system.........................................................................35
SpamAssassin Support....................................................................................................................36
Configuring SpamAssassin with Sendmail on an HP-UX System............................................36
Prerequisites..........................................................................................................................36
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