#### Email review SMTP = simple mail transfer protocol * port 25 IMAP = Internet mail/message access protocol * 993 (secure) * 143 (not secure) SASL = Secure authentication socket layer * encrypts stream data (for login) * 587, 465 POP3 = Post office protocol * 110 (not enc) * 995 (secure) MTA = Mail transport agent (exim, postfix, exchange) MUA = Mail user agent (thunderbird, roundcube) MDA = Mail delivery agent (exim) MBOX = location of message storage - Look for MX records (A record if it fails) - `dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config` Smarthost? * Relays mail on behalf of others (stumail) Satellite? * can send, not receive * if you respond to (joe@ns1.theg.com) -> mail.theg.com (read on the mailserver) * have to configure same name user account on all satellite machines and mailserver How to dig an MX record? * dig @ns1.theg.com ns1.theg.com MX * dig @8.8.8.8 fs.theg.com MX