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diff --git a/doc/administration/reply_by_email_postfix_setup.md b/doc/administration/reply_by_email_postfix_setup.md index d57fc67c83e..406f7e8a034 100644 --- a/doc/administration/reply_by_email_postfix_setup.md +++ b/doc/administration/reply_by_email_postfix_setup.md @@ -14,109 +14,109 @@ The instructions make the assumption that you will be using the email address `i 1. Install the `postfix` package if it is not installed already: - ```sh - sudo apt-get install postfix - ``` + ```sh + sudo apt-get install postfix + ``` - When asked about the environment, select 'Internet Site'. When asked to confirm the hostname, make sure it matches `gitlab.example.com`. + When asked about the environment, select 'Internet Site'. When asked to confirm the hostname, make sure it matches gitlab.example.com`. 1. Install the `mailutils` package. - ```sh - sudo apt-get install mailutils - ``` + ```sh + sudo apt-get install mailutils + ``` ## Create user 1. Create a user for incoming email. - ```sh - sudo useradd -m -s /bin/bash incoming - ``` + ```sh + sudo useradd -m -s /bin/bash incoming + ``` 1. Set a password for this user. - ```sh - sudo passwd incoming - ``` + ```sh + sudo passwd incoming + ``` - Be sure not to forget this, you'll need it later. + Be sure not to forget this, you'll need it later. ## Test the out-of-the-box setup 1. Connect to the local SMTP server: - ```sh - telnet localhost 25 - ``` + ```sh + telnet localhost 25 + ``` - You should see a prompt like this: + You should see a prompt like this: - ```sh - Trying 127.0.0.1... - Connected to localhost. - Escape character is '^]'. - 220 gitlab.example.com ESMTP Postfix (Ubuntu) - ``` + ```sh + Trying 127.0.0.1... + Connected to localhost. + Escape character is '^]'. + 220 gitlab.example.com ESMTP Postfix (Ubuntu) + ``` - If you get a `Connection refused` error instead, verify that `postfix` is running: + If you get a `Connection refused` error instead, verify that `postfix` is running: - ```sh - sudo postfix status - ``` + ```sh + sudo postfix status + ``` - If it is not, start it: + If it is not, start it: - ```sh - sudo postfix start - ``` + ```sh + sudo postfix start + ``` 1. Send the new `incoming` user a dummy email to test SMTP, by entering the following into the SMTP prompt: - ``` - ehlo localhost - mail from: root@localhost - rcpt to: incoming@localhost - data - Subject: Re: Some issue + ``` + ehlo localhost + mail from: root@localhost + rcpt to: incoming@localhost + data + Subject: Re: Some issue - Sounds good! - . - quit - ``` + Sounds good! + . + quit + ``` - _**Note:** The `.` is a literal period on its own line._ + _**Note:** The `.` is a literal period on its own line._ - _**Note:** If you receive an error after entering `rcpt to: incoming@localhost` - then your Postfix `my_network` configuration is not correct. The error will - say 'Temporary lookup failure'. See - [Configure Postfix to receive email from the Internet](#configure-postfix-to-receive-email-from-the-internet)._ + _**Note:** If you receive an error after entering `rcpt to: incoming@localhost` + then your Postfix `my_network` configuration is not correct. The error will + say 'Temporary lookup failure'. See + [Configure Postfix to receive email from the Internet](#configure-postfix-to-receive-email-from-the-internet)._ 1. Check if the `incoming` user received the email: - ```sh - su - incoming - mail - ``` + ```sh + su - incoming + mail + ``` - You should see output like this: + You should see output like this: - ``` - "/var/mail/incoming": 1 message 1 unread - >U 1 root@localhost 59/2842 Re: Some issue - ``` + ``` + "/var/mail/incoming": 1 message 1 unread + >U 1 root@localhost 59/2842 Re: Some issue + ``` - Quit the mail app: + Quit the mail app: - ```sh - q - ``` + ```sh + q + ``` 1. Log out of the `incoming` account and go back to being `root`: - ```sh - logout - ``` + ```sh + logout + ``` ## Configure Postfix to use Maildir-style mailboxes @@ -124,208 +124,212 @@ Courier, which we will install later to add IMAP authentication, requires mailbo 1. Configure Postfix to use Maildir-style mailboxes: - ```sh - sudo postconf -e "home_mailbox = Maildir/" - ``` + ```sh + sudo postconf -e "home_mailbox = Maildir/" + ``` 1. Restart Postfix: - ```sh - sudo /etc/init.d/postfix restart - ``` + ```sh + sudo /etc/init.d/postfix restart + ``` 1. Test the new setup: - 1. Follow steps 1 and 2 of _[Test the out-of-the-box setup](#test-the-out-of-the-box-setup)_. - 1. Check if the `incoming` user received the email: + 1. Follow steps 1 and 2 of _[Test the out-of-the-box setup](#test-the-out-of-the-box-setup)_. + 1. Check if the `incoming` user received the email: - ```sh - su - incoming - MAIL=/home/incoming/Maildir - mail - ``` + ```sh + su - incoming + MAIL=/home/incoming/Maildir + mail + ``` - You should see output like this: + You should see output like this: - ``` - "/home/incoming/Maildir": 1 message 1 unread - >U 1 root@localhost 59/2842 Re: Some issue - ``` + ``` + "/home/incoming/Maildir": 1 message 1 unread + >U 1 root@localhost 59/2842 Re: Some issue + ``` - Quit the mail app: + Quit the mail app: - ```sh - q - ``` + ```sh + q + ``` - _**Note:** If `mail` returns an error `Maildir: Is a directory` then your - version of `mail` doesn't support Maildir style mailboxes. Install - `heirloom-mailx` by running `sudo apt-get install heirloom-mailx`. Then, - try the above steps again, substituting `heirloom-mailx` for the `mail` - command._ + _**Note:** If `mail` returns an error `Maildir: Is a directory` then your + version of `mail` doesn't support Maildir style mailboxes. Install + `heirloom-mailx` by running `sudo apt-get install heirloom-mailx`. Then, + try the above steps again, substituting `heirloom-mailx` for the `mail` + command._ 1. Log out of the `incoming` account and go back to being `root`: - ```sh - logout - ``` + ```sh + logout + ``` ## Install the Courier IMAP server 1. Install the `courier-imap` package: - ```sh - sudo apt-get install courier-imap - ``` + ```sh + sudo apt-get install courier-imap + ``` - And start `imapd`: - ```sh - imapd start - ``` + And start `imapd`: + + ```sh + imapd start + ``` 1. The courier-authdaemon isn't started after installation. Without it, imap authentication will fail: - ```sh - sudo service courier-authdaemon start - ``` - You can also configure courier-authdaemon to start on boot: - ```sh - sudo systemctl enable courier-authdaemon - ``` + + ```sh + sudo service courier-authdaemon start + ``` + + You can also configure courier-authdaemon to start on boot: + + ```sh + sudo systemctl enable courier-authdaemon + ``` ## Configure Postfix to receive email from the internet 1. Let Postfix know about the domains that it should consider local: - ```sh - sudo postconf -e "mydestination = gitlab.example.com, localhost.localdomain, localhost" - ``` + ```sh + sudo postconf -e "mydestination = gitlab.example.com, localhost.localdomain, localhost" + ``` 1. Let Postfix know about the IPs that it should consider part of the LAN: - We'll assume `192.168.1.0/24` is your local LAN. You can safely skip this step if you don't have other machines in the same local network. + We'll assume `192.168.1.0/24` is your local LAN. You can safely skip this step if you don't have other machines in the same local network. - ```sh - sudo postconf -e "mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8, 192.168.1.0/24" - ``` + ```sh + sudo postconf -e "mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8, 192.168.1.0/24" + ``` 1. Configure Postfix to receive mail on all interfaces, which includes the internet: - ```sh - sudo postconf -e "inet_interfaces = all" - ``` + ```sh + sudo postconf -e "inet_interfaces = all" + ``` 1. Configure Postfix to use the `+` delimiter for sub-addressing: - ```sh - sudo postconf -e "recipient_delimiter = +" - ``` + ```sh + sudo postconf -e "recipient_delimiter = +" + ``` 1. Restart Postfix: - ```sh - sudo service postfix restart - ``` + ```sh + sudo service postfix restart + ``` ## Test the final setup 1. Test SMTP under the new setup: - 1. Connect to the SMTP server: + 1. Connect to the SMTP server: - ```sh - telnet gitlab.example.com 25 - ``` + ```sh + telnet gitlab.example.com 25 + ``` - You should see a prompt like this: + You should see a prompt like this: - ```sh - Trying 123.123.123.123... - Connected to gitlab.example.com. - Escape character is '^]'. - 220 gitlab.example.com ESMTP Postfix (Ubuntu) - ``` + ```sh + Trying 123.123.123.123... + Connected to gitlab.example.com. + Escape character is '^]'. + 220 gitlab.example.com ESMTP Postfix (Ubuntu) + ``` - If you get a `Connection refused` error instead, make sure your firewall is set up to allow inbound traffic on port 25. + If you get a `Connection refused` error instead, make sure your firewall is set up to allow inbound traffic on port 25. - 1. Send the `incoming` user a dummy email to test SMTP, by entering the following into the SMTP prompt: + 1. Send the `incoming` user a dummy email to test SMTP, by entering the following into the SMTP prompt: - ``` - ehlo gitlab.example.com - mail from: root@gitlab.example.com - rcpt to: incoming@gitlab.example.com - data - Subject: Re: Some issue + ``` + ehlo gitlab.example.com + mail from: root@gitlab.example.com + rcpt to: incoming@gitlab.example.com + data + Subject: Re: Some issue - Sounds good! - . - quit - ``` + Sounds good! + . + quit + ``` - (Note: The `.` is a literal period on its own line) + (Note: The `.` is a literal period on its own line) - 1. Check if the `incoming` user received the email: + 1. Check if the `incoming` user received the email: - ```sh - su - incoming - MAIL=/home/incoming/Maildir - mail - ``` + ```sh + su - incoming + MAIL=/home/incoming/Maildir + mail + ``` - You should see output like this: + You should see output like this: - ``` - "/home/incoming/Maildir": 1 message 1 unread - >U 1 root@gitlab.example.com 59/2842 Re: Some issue - ``` + ``` + "/home/incoming/Maildir": 1 message 1 unread + >U 1 root@gitlab.example.com 59/2842 Re: Some issue + ``` - Quit the mail app: + Quit the mail app: - ```sh - q - ``` + ```sh + q + ``` - 1. Log out of the `incoming` account and go back to being `root`: + 1. Log out of the `incoming` account and go back to being `root`: - ```sh - logout - ``` + ```sh + logout + ``` 1. Test IMAP under the new setup: - 1. Connect to the IMAP server: + 1. Connect to the IMAP server: - ```sh - telnet gitlab.example.com 143 - ``` + ```sh + telnet gitlab.example.com 143 + ``` - You should see a prompt like this: + You should see a prompt like this: - ```sh - Trying 123.123.123.123... - Connected to mail.example.gitlab.com. - Escape character is '^]'. - - OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 UIDPLUS CHILDREN NAMESPACE THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT THREAD=REFERENCES SORT QUOTA IDLE ACL ACL2=UNION] Courier-IMAP ready. Copyright 1998-2011 Double Precision, Inc. See COPYING for distribution information. - ``` + ```sh + Trying 123.123.123.123... + Connected to mail.example.gitlab.com. + Escape character is '^]'. + - OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 UIDPLUS CHILDREN NAMESPACE THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT THREAD=REFERENCES SORT QUOTA IDLE ACL ACL2=UNION] Courier-IMAP ready. Copyright 1998-2011 Double Precision, Inc. See COPYING for distribution information. + ``` - 1. Sign in as the `incoming` user to test IMAP, by entering the following into the IMAP prompt: + 1. Sign in as the `incoming` user to test IMAP, by entering the following into the IMAP prompt: - ``` - a login incoming PASSWORD - ``` + ``` + a login incoming PASSWORD + ``` - Replace PASSWORD with the password you set on the `incoming` user earlier. + Replace PASSWORD with the password you set on the `incoming` user earlier. - You should see output like this: + You should see output like this: - ``` - a OK LOGIN Ok. - ``` + ``` + a OK LOGIN Ok. + ``` - 1. Disconnect from the IMAP server: + 1. Disconnect from the IMAP server: - ```sh - a logout - ``` + ```sh + a logout + ``` ## Done! |