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If you're not keen on archiving emails in your Mail application, Mac OS users can backup their emails in a folder on their hard drive. Back Up Messages on Apple Mail App Close out the Mail application and copy the following folder location into your Finder: Drive/Users/username/ Library/Mail Drag and drop the folder onto your a removable disc.

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This is meant to be a follow-on to my User Tip Setting up a local web server on OS X. Setting up a mail server is a bit more complex and not always required, so I put this document into its own post. I tried to use mail server in OS X Server, but found this process easier. 🙂

Requirements:

1. Solid understanding of Terminal.app and how to run command-line programs.
2. Basic understanding of mail servers.
3. Basic usage of vi. You can substitute nano if you want.
4. Xcode and basic understanding of how to build software form the command line.

NOTE: Firefox will not work on Catalina (10.15.x), or last 4 versions of Mac OS if using the native Apple smartcard ability Download AllCerts.zip, remember where you save it. Double click the allcerts.zip file (it'll automatically extract into a new folder). We have separate instructions for older versions such as Mac OS X 10.10 “Yosemite”. Start the “Mail” program. If you haven’t previously added an account to Mail, a window will automatically appear asking you to “choose a Mail account provider”.

Lines in bold are what you will have to type in at the Terminal.

Replace <your local host> with the name of your machine. Ideally, it should be a one-word name with no spaces or punctuation. It just makes life easier.

Replace <your short user name> with your short user name.

Replace <your login password> with your password.

Here goes... Enjoy!

Download the UW IMAP software fromftp://ftp.cac.washington.edu/imap

If using the Finder

1. from the Go menu choose Connect to Server...
2. enter ftp://ftp.cac.washington.edu/imap under Server Address:
3. Login as guest
4. Drag the file imap-2007f.tar.gz to your Desktop

Double click imap-2007f.tar.gz to expand the archive.

Fix the makefile. Open imap-2007f/Makefile and comment out line 422 that reads:

EXTRACFLAGS='$(EXTRACFLAGS) -DMAC_OSX_KLUDGE=1'

by inserting a # pound symbol at the start of the line so that it reads:

#EXTRACFLAGS='$(EXTRACFLAGS) -DMAC_OSX_KLUDGE=1'

Build the software with:

make oxp SSLDIR=/usr SSLCERTS=/System/Library/OpenSSL/certs

Create a place to store the server:

sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/libexec

Copy the server into place:

sudo mv ipopd/ipop3d /usr/local/libexec

Create a PAM authentication module:

sudo cp /etc/pam.d/ftpd /etc/pam.d/pop

Create a self-signed certificate (this is all on one line):

sudo openssl req -new -x509 -nodes -out /System/Library/OpenSSL/certs/ipop3d.pem -keyout /System/Library/OpenSSL/certs/ipop3d.pem -days 3650

Fill in the prompts for your local mail server.

Create launchd config files

sudo touch /Library/LaunchDaemons/edu.washington.pop3.plist

sudo vi /Library/LaunchDaemons/edu.washington.pop3.plist

Enter the following content:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>

<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC '-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN' 'http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd'>

<plist version='1.0'>

<dict>

<key>Label</key>

<string>edu.washington.pop3</string>

<key>ProgramArguments</key>

<array>

<string>/usr/local/libexec/ipop3d</string>

</array>

<key>Sockets</key>

<dict>

<key>Listeners</key>

<dict>

<key>Bonjour</key>

<false/>

<key>SockServiceName</key>

<string>pop3</string>

<key>SockType</key>

<string>stream</string>

</dict>

</dict>

<key>inetdCompatibility</key>

<dict>

<key>Wait</key>

<false/>

</dict>

</dict>

</plist>

Do the same for /Library/LaunchDaemons/edu.washington.pop3s.plist. changing Label to edu.washington.pop3s and SockServiceName to pop3s.

Load the launchd config files:

sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/edu.washington.pop3.plist

sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/edu.washington.pop3s.plist

Test your POP server:

openssl s_client -connect localhost:995

CONNECTED(00000003)

depth=0 <certificate stuff…>

emailAddress=<the e-mail address you used for the certificate>

verify error:num=18:self signed certificate

verify return:1

depth=0 <certificate stuff…>

emailAddress=<the e-mail address you used for the certificate>

verify return:1

---

Certificate chain

0 s:<certificate stuff…>

i:<certificate stuff…>

---

Server certificate

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----

<certificate content in base64>

-----END CERTIFICATE-----

subject=<certificate stuff…>

emailAddress=<the e-mail address you used for the certificate>

issuer=<certificate stuff…>

emailAddress=<the e-mail address you used for the certificate>

---

No client certificate CA names sent

---

SSL handshake has read 1037 bytes and written 328 bytes

---

New, TLSv1/SSLv3, Cipher is AES256-SHA

Server public key is 1024 bit

Secure Renegotiation IS supported

Compression: NONE

Expansion: NONE

SSL-Session:

Protocol : TLSv1

Cipher : AES256-SHA

Session-ID: <something…>

Session-ID-ctx:

Master-Key: <something else…>

Key-Arg : None

Start Time: 1311510626

Timeout : 300 (sec)

Verify return code: 18 (self signed certificate)

---

+OK POP3 localhost 2007f.104 server ready

user <your short user name>

+OK User name accepted, password please

pass <your login password>

+OK Mailbox open, <some number of> messages

quit

+OK Sayonara

read:errno=0

Edit the launchd config file for postfix:

sudo vi /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.postfix.master.plist

Add the following:

<key>KeepAlive</key>

<true/>

after the lines:

<key>Label</key>

<string>org.postfix.master</string>

And remove the following:

<string>-e</string>

<string>60</string>

Restart postfix master:

sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.postfix.master.plist

sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.postfix.master.plist

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Test your SMTP server:

telnet <your local host> 25

Trying fec0:0:0:fea9::1...

Connected to <your local host>.

Escape character is '^]'.

220 pele.local ESMTP Postfix

EHLO <your local host>

250-<your local host>

250-PIPELINING

250-SIZE 10485760

250-VRFY

250-ETRN

250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES

250-8BITMIME

250-DSN

250-BINARYMIME

250 CHUNKING

Hold down the control key and type ]:

Enter the following at the telnet> prompt:

telnet> quit

Construct a test message:

From: <your short user name>@<your local host>

To: <your short user name>@<your local host>

Subject: This is a local test

This is a local test of the mail system.

Send your test message:

cat test.txt sendmail -t

Setup Apple Mail to connect to:

Incoming Mail Server: <your local host>

User Name: <your short user name>

Password: <your login password>

Outgoing Mail Server SMTP: <your local host>

Use only this server: checked

Advanced:

Port: 995

Use SSL checked

Authentication: Password

Check your e-mail in Apple Mail. Accept the certificate.

Apple Mail Manual Configuration

This page explains how to manually set up the Apple Mail program to send and receive email for a mailbox that you’ve created.

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Before you continue, you should enter your email address (the address you want to set up in Mail) in the yellow box at the top of this page. Entering your email address makes sure that the instructions below are correct.

Most people do not need to manually configure Apple Mail. It’s usually quicker and simpler to automatically set it up using a profile. We provide these instructions in case you have trouble with the profile method.

These instructions are for the version of Mail included with Mac OS X 10.11 “El Capitan” (from 2015) and later. We have separate instructions for older versions such as Mac OS X 10.10 “Yosemite”.

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1. Start the “Mail” program.

If you haven’t previously added an account to Mail, a window will automatically appear asking you to “choose a Mail account provider”. If this happens, skip to step 2.

If you don’t see this window, click Mail, then Add Account:

2. Choose the provider.

Choose the Other Mail Account... option:

Then click Continue.

3. Enter your name, email address, and password:

Enter these settings:

The window should look like this:

After doing this, click Sign In.

Apple Mail will show a message saying “Unable to verify account name and password”, asking for more details. This is normal.

4. Enter the server settings.

Enter these settings on the “Unable to verify account name and password” screen:

The window should look like this:

Again, it’s normal for it to temporarily say “Unable to verify account name and password” while you fill out this screen.

Click Sign In again when you’ve filled everything out, and the error should disappear.

5. Select the apps for this account

The Mail program may ask you to “select the apps you wish to use for this account”:

If it does so, make sure that at least Mail is checked.

Whether or not you check “Notes” is up to you. If you do that, the “Notes” application on your Mac will store them in a folder of this mailbox. If you want to keep things simple, we suggest you make sure it’s not checked.

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Click Done when finished.

Setup is complete

You’re finished with the basic Apple Mail setup. It should now work for sending and receiving mail.

Setting “Sent” and “Trash” folders

Once the basic account has been set up, there’s an additional step needed to keep Mail folders in sync with other programs or devices that might connect to the mailbox, assuming you chose the recommended IMAP setting (POP doesn’t support server folders at all).

Our Apple Mail Folders page has more information.

Troubleshooting

If you’re having trouble with Apple Mail, first verify the settings, then try restarting your computer. If that doesn’t work, the Mail Connection Doctor can provide useful information that will help you (or us) troubleshoot the problem.

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