Installation Notes for the Perfect Setup

Note: the MailArchiva Admin Guide contains the official email archiving installation instructions..

It is an excellent idea to install the MailArchiva email archiving on a 64 bit operating system. Here's why: OutOfMemory

Specifications

MailServer is running on Postfix v2.4.6.

MailArchiva will be installed on Ubuntu 6.06.1 LTS (Dapper Drake).
Emails will be retained for 5 years
Mailboxes: 1000
Est. archiving needs 7,2 million messages a year
Intel Dual-XEON, 2 GB RAM
index - 3 x 160 GB SCSI disks (RAID 5)
archive -Network Attached Storage Device (8 TB)

(see attached for sizing requirements)

OS Ubuntu Server

1. Install Ubuntu 6.06.1 LTS (Dapper Drake).

2. After installing the Ubuntu Server Operating System, install updates, ssh, smbfs and unzip:

a. apt-get update

b. apt-get install ssh

c. apt-get install smbfs

d. apt-get install unzip

3. Set IP address by editing /etc/networks/interfaces

a. iface eth0 inet static (was dhcp)

1. address 192.14.12.112

ii. netmask 255.255.255.0

iii.gateway 192.14.12.1

4. Add DNS server information in /etc/resolv.conf

a. nameserver= 192.14.1.15

5. Mount archive by adding to /etc/fstab

a. smbfs

//192.14.12.122/archive mnt/archive smbfs username=admin,password=pw

b. nfs

192.14.12.122:/archive mnt/archive nfs

c. check by typing mount

MailArchiva

1. tar –xvzf mailarchiva-server-linux-v1.7.0j.tar.gz

2. cd mailarchiva_dist

3. ./installserver.sh

4. Edit /usr/local/mailarchiva/server/startserver.sh to increase the amount of RAM allocated to the server:

export CATALINA_OPTS="-Xmx2048m -Xms256m -XX:PermSize=64M -XX:MaxPermSize=64M"

5. start the server as follows:

1. /etc/init.d/mailarchiva start

6. ps -ef | grep java (to make sure its running)

7. In Firefox connect to http://localhost:8090/mailarchiva, press enter at login prompt

8. Click Configuration, in Security tab, set an Encryption Password.

10. In Domains tab, add your domains.

11. In Logins tab, enter a master password.

12. in Volumes tab, create two volumes as follows:

i) add volume (index=/usr/local/mailarchiva/index1, store=mnt/archive/store1)

ii) add volume (index=/usr/local/mailarchiva/index2, store=mnt/archive/store2)

13. save Configuration

Postfix

1. Upgrade Postfix to v2.4.6.

2. Add the following to Postfix’s main.cf file:

milter_default_action = tempfail smtpd_milters = inet:127.0.0.1:8092

3. Restart send mail

sudo /etc/init.d/postfix restart

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