© David Both 2020
D. BothUsing and Administering Linux: Volume 3https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5485-1_8

8. Email Clients

David Both1 
(1)
Raleigh, NC, USA
 

Objectives

In this chapter you will learn
  • More about using the mailx email client

  • To install and configure the IMAP server which allows remote email clients to access email on the server

  • To install and configure Thunderbird for a graphical email client

  • To use OpenSSL to generate a self-signed ID certificate suitable for testing

  • To configure Thunderbird to use the self-signed certificate with the STARTTLS authentication protocol

  • To use network analysis tools like ss and nmap to look for network connections related to email

  • To use those network tools to look for other ports that should not be open

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