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We’ve got everything compiled and configured to its time to try to start everything up and to test if it’s working properly. And last but not least is how can you have everything start-up automatically after a reboot. Apache and MySQL have been configured to start after a reboot now it’s time to take care of the mailserver components.

Courier Auth daemon
To have the Courier Authentication daemon to start at a boot you’ll have to do the following as a root using the Terminal:

Create a directory CourierAuth in the directory /System/Library/StartupItems
The easy next step is to copy the contents of the Apache startupitem to your new directory using:

cp /System/Library/StartupItems/Apache/* \
  /System/Library/StartupItems/CourierAuth

Then rename the Apache shell script to CourierAuth using:

mv /System/Library/StartupItems/CourierAuth/Apache \
   /System/Library/StartupItems/CourierAuth/CourierAuth

Next you need to edit the renamed file /System/Library/StartupItems/CourierAuth/CourierAuth and have it look like:

#!/bin/sh
##
# Courier Authentication mailserver
##
. /etc/rc.common
StartService ()
{
     if [ "${CAUTHSERVER:=-NO-}" = "-YES-" ]; then
          echo "Starting Courier Auth server"
          /usr/local/sbin/authdaemond start
     fi
}

StopService ()
{
     echo "Stopping Courier Auth server"
     /usr/local/sbin/authdaemond stop
}

RestartService ()
{
     if [ "${CAUTHSERVER:=-NO-}" = "-YES-" ]; then
          echo "Restarting Courier Auth server"
          StopService
          StartService
     else
          StopService
     fi
}

RunService "$1"

The other file to edit in this directory is StartupParameters.plist, have it look like:

{
   Description     = "Courier Auth server";
   Provides        = ("Authentication Server");
   Uses            = ("Disks", "NFS");
}

The last thing to do is to add the following line to the /etc/hostconfig file:

CAUTHSERVER=-YES-

You’re done for this item, on to the next…

Courier IMAP daemon
The IMAP daemon is configured the same as the authentication daemon, the difference is in the details.

Create a directory CourierIMAP in the directory /System/Library/StartupItems
The easy next step is to copy the contents of the Apache startupitem to your new directory using:

cp /System/Library/StartupItems/Apache/* \
    /System/Library/StartupItems/CourierIMAP

Then rename the Apache shell script to CourierIMAP using:

mv /System/Library/StartupItems/CourierIMAP/Apache \
    /System/Library/StartupItems/CourierIMAP/CourierIMAP

Next you need to edit the renamed file /System/Library/StartupItems/CourierIMAP/CourierIMAP and have it look like:

#!/bin/sh
##
# Courier IMAP server
##
. /etc/rc.common
StartService ()
{
     if [ "${IMAPSERVER:=-NO-}" = "-YES-" ]; then
          echo "Starting Courier IMAP server"
          /usr/local/libexec/imapd.rc start
     fi
}

StopService ()
{
     echo "Stopping Courier IMAP server"
     /usr/local/libexec/imapd.rc stop
}

RestartService ()
{
     if [ "${IMAPSERVER:=-NO-}" = "-YES-" ]; then
          echo "Restarting Courier IMAP server"
          StopService
          StartService
     else
          StopService
     fi
}

RunService "$1"

The other file to edit in this directory is StartupParameters.plist, have it look like:

{
   Description     = "Courier IMAP server";
   Provides        = ("IMAP Server");
   Uses            = ("Disks", "NFS");
}

The last thing to do is to add the following line to the /etc/hostconfig file:

IMAPSERVER=-YES-

Note: If you configured the IMAP server to use SSL and/or TLS you need to replace imapd.rc in StartupItems script with imapd-ssl.rc because the SSL option requires a different program to startup.

You’re done for this item, on to the last…

Postfix
The Postfix daemon is configured the same as the authentication and IMAP daemon, the difference is in the details.

Create a directory Postfix in the directory /System/Library/StartupItems
The easy next step is to copy the contents of the Apache startupitem to your new directory using:

cp /System/Library/StartupItems/Apache/* \
   /System/Library/StartupItems/Postfix

Then rename the Apache shell script to Postfix using:

mv /System/Library/StartupItems/Postfix/Apache \
   /System/Library/StartupItems/Postfix/Postfix

Next you need to edit the renamed file /System/Library/StartupItems/Postfix/Postfix and have it look like:

#!/bin/sh
##
# Postfix mail server
##
. /etc/rc.common
StartService ()
{
     if [ "${MAILSERVER:=-NO-}" = "-YES-" ]; then
          echo "Starting Postfix mail server"
          postfix start
     fi
}

StopService ()
{
     echo "Stopping Postfix mail server"
     postfix stop
}

RestartService ()
{
     if [ "${MAILSERVER:=-NO-}" = "-YES-" ]; then
          echo "Restarting Postfix mail IMAP server"
          postfix reload
     else
          StopService
     fi
}

RunService "$1"

The other file to edit in this directory is StartupParameters.plist, have it look like:

{
   Description     = "Postfix Mail server";
   Provides        = ("Mail Server");
   Uses            = ("Disks", "NFS");
}

The last thing to do is to add the following line to the /etc/hostconfig file:

MAILSERVER=-YES-

You’re done, try a reboot if you dare… to check if it all works.