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This chapter explains the basic conguration of Mail service.
You learn about tools used to manage Mail service and conguration steps to manually
congure Mail service or make changes after using the Server Setup Assistant.
Managing Mail Service
This sections provides basic steps to set up Mail service on Mac OS X Server and
explains the tools you use to manage Mail service.
Before You Begin
Before setting up Mail service for the rst time:
If you are upgrading from a previous version of Mac OS X Server, you might need Â
to take special steps to upgrade Mail service. See “Viewing Mailing List Archives”
on page 53.
Decide whether to use POP, IMAP, or both for accessing mail. Â
If your server will provide Mail service over the Internet, obtain a registered Â
domain name.
Determine whether your ISP will create your MX records or whether you’ll create Â
them using your own DNS service. See “Conguring DNS for Mail Service” on page 21.
Identify the people who will use Mail service but who don’t have user accounts Â
in a directory domain accessible to Mail service. Then create user accounts for these
mail users.
Determine your authentication and transport security needs. See “ Â Understanding
SMTP Authentication” on page 26.
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Mail Service Setup
