Email (Remote Reading)

Due : October 9, 2009

Assignment: 
Install and configure the services to allow remote reading of email.

Requirements: 

• Configure the system for remote email reading.
• Configure remote email reading clients (MUA).

Configure the system for remote email reading: 

• Configure the uw-imapd software to provide IMAP remote mail reading.
• Only allow connections to IMAP through the encrypted port.

Configure remote email reading clients (MUA): 

• Configure Outlook or Outlook Express for reading and sending email with your system.
• Configure Evolution for reading and sending email with your system.

Pass-off Procedure: 

• Using the CIT submission system, submit three files to IT3100, SMTP Remote Read.
• One file is a screen capture of Outlook reading email on your system.
• One file is a screen capture of Evolution reading email on your system.
• The other file should be named smtp_info.txt. This file must be a plain text file, with the following format:

  mta: ip_address_of_MTA
  user: user_name_created_for_passoff
  pass: password_for_user
  host: name.of.mta.machine
  domain: name.of.domain
  

  For example, a file may look like this:

  mta: 144.38.212.50
  user: bonzai
  pass: $&^bbi13
  host: mail.horgoth.com
  domain: horgoth.com
  

• Several email messages will be sent to the user at the MTA.
• Several email messages will be sent from the user at the MTA.
• Email messages that are not correctly delivered will cause points to be deducted from the assignment.
• Email will be read from a remote MUA.
• The submitted screen captures will be examined.