Mail - Using Stunnel to secure POP3, IMAP, and SM


2003-11-24

I. Install Stunnel

# cd /usr/ports/security/stunnel
# make install

You may want to create your own tunnelcert.pem and have it signed by a Certificate Authority.

II. Configuration

Edit /usr/local/etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf:

# Sample stunnel configuration file
# Copyright by Michal Trojnara 2002
# Modified by Benjamin Bryan 2003

cert = /usr/local/etc/stunnel/tunnelcert.pem
chroot = /var/tmp/stunnel
# PID is created inside chroot jail
pid = /stunnel.pid
setuid = stunnel
setgid = stunnel

[pop3s]
accept  = 995
connect = 110

[imaps]
accept  = 993
connect = 143

[ssmtp]
accept  = 465
connect = 25

III. Running

# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/stunnel.sh start