Mail Server : SSL/TLS Setting2025/11/19

	Configure SSL/TLS to encrypt connections.
[1]	Get SSL certificate, Refer to here.
[2]	Configure Postfix and Dovecot.

[root@mail ~]#

vi /etc/postfix/main.cf

# line 718, 724 : comment out

smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/pki/tls/certs/postfix.pem

smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/pki/tls/private/postfix.key

# add to last line (replace certificate to your own one)

smtpd_tls_security_level = may
smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/letsencrypt/live/mail.srv.world/fullchain.pem
smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/letsencrypt/live/mail.srv.world/privkey.pem
smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtpd_scache

[root@mail ~]#

vi /etc/postfix/master.cf

# line 19, 20, 23 : uncomment

submission inet n       -       n       -       -       smtpd
  -o syslog_name=postfix/submission
#  -o smtpd_forbid_unauth_pipelining=no
#  -o smtpd_tls_security_level=encrypt
  -o smtpd_sasl_auth_enable=yes

# if you use SMTPS (465), add follows to the end

smtps     inet  n       -       n       -       -       smtpd
  -o syslog_name=postfix/smtps
  -o smtpd_tls_wrappermode=yes
  -o smtpd_sasl_auth_enable=yes

[root@mail ~]#

vi /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf

# line 51,52 : specify certificates
ssl_server {
  cert_file = /etc/letsencrypt/live/mail.srv.world/fullchain.pem
  key_file = /etc/letsencrypt/live/mail.srv.world/privkey.pem

[root@mail ~]#

systemctl restart postfix dovecot

[3]	If SELinux is enabled, restore context for certificates.

[root@mail ~]#

restorecon -v -R /etc/letsencrypt/live/mail.srv.world

[4]	If Firewalld is running, allow SMTP-Submission/SMTPS/POP3S/IMAPS services. SMTP-Submission uses [587/TCP] (used STARTTLS), SMTPS uses [465/TCP], POP3S uses [995/TCP], IMAPS uses [993/TCP].

[root@mail ~]#

firewall-cmd --add-service={smtp-submission,smtps,pop3s,imaps}

success
[root@mail ~]#

firewall-cmd --runtime-to-permanent

success

[5]	For Client's settings, ( Mozilla Thunderbird ) Open account's property and move to [Server Settings] on the left pane, then Select [STARTTLS] or [SSL/TLS] on [Connection security] field on the right pane.

[6]	Move to [Outgoing Server] on the left pane, then Select [STARTTLS] or [SSL/TLS] on [Connection security] field. Furthermore, change port to the used port. ([STARTTLS] uses [587], [SSL/TLS] uses 465)

[7]	Verify possible to send or receive Emails normally.

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