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Linux Email Services - Sorting and Filtering Email with Sieve
The applications team at Eucalyptus and Lavender, Inc. has been getting a lot of emails with the subject “spam” in their applications user mailbox. You have been asked to create a filter so that any messages with “spam” in the subject are moved directly to the trash. To complete this lab: - Create a file in the `/home/cloud_user` directory named `.dovecot.sieve`. - Add a rule that will send any messages containing the word “spam” in the subject line to the trash. Good luck!
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Challenge
Install Dovecot and Configure the Mail Location
Install the
dovecotanddovecot-pigeonholepackages. Configure the Dovecot mail location. Tell Postfix to deliver mail using Dovecot, and restart the Postfix and Dovecot services. -
Challenge
Configure Dovecot to Use Sieve and Add a Sieve Script
Configure Dovecot to use Sieve and autocreate any mailboxes that are needed to file mail into. Create a Sieve script that files any mail for the cloud_user that contains the subject "spam" into the Trash folder. Then restart the Dovecot service.
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