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Port | Service | Software | Comment | Allow Public Access? |
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25 | smtp | Postfix | Used for communication betweem mail servers. WARNING: This port MUST be open, otherwise you cannot receive email sent by other mail servers. | YES (REQUIRED) |
587 | submission | Postfix | SMTP over TLS. Used by end users to send/submit email. | YES (open to your end users) |
110 | pop3 | Dovecot | Used by end users to retrieve emails via POP3 protocol, secure connection over STARTTLS is enforced by default. | YES (open to your end users) |
995 | pop3s | Dovecot | Used by end users to retrieve emails via POP3 protocol over SSL. | YES (open to your end users) |
143 | imap | Dovecot | Used by end users to retrieve emails via IMAP protocol, secure connection over STARTTLS is enforced by default. | YES (open to your end users) |
993 | imaps | Dovecot | Used by end users to retrieve emails via IMAP protocol over SSL. | YES (open to your end users) |
24 | lmtp | Dovecot | Used to deliver email to local mailboxes via LMTP protocol. | NO (listen on 127.0.0.1 by default) |
4190 | managesieve | Dovecot | Sieve service used by end users to manage mail filters. Note: in old iRedMail releases, it's port 2000 (deprecated and not even listed in /etc/services file). |
NO (disabled by default and users are forced to manage mail filters with webmail) |
80 | http | Apache/Nginx | Web service. Redirect to https by default. | YES (open to your webmail users) |
443 | https | Apache/Nginx | Web service over over SSL, secure connection. | YES (open to your webmail and ActiveSync users) |
3306 | mysql | MySQL/MariaDB | MySQL/MariaDB database service | NO (listen on 127.0.0.1 by default) |
5432 | postgresql | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL database service | NO (listen on 127.0.0.1 by default) |
389 | ldap | OpenLDAP (or OpenBSD ldapd) | LDAP service, STARTTLS is available for secure connection. | NO (listen on 127.0.0.1 by default) |
636 | ldaps | OpenLDAP (or OpenBSD ldapd) | LDAP service over SSL. Deprecated, port 389 with STARTTLS is recommended. | NO (Not enabled by default) |
10024 | Amavisd-new | Used to scan inbound messages, includes spam/virus scanning, DKIM verification, applying spam policy. | NO (listen on 127.0.0.1 by default) |
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10025 | smtp | Postfix | Used by Amavisd to inject scanned emails back to Postfix queue. | NO (listen on 127.0.0.1 by default) |
10026 | Amavisd-new | Used to scan outbound messages, includes spam/virus scanning, DKIM signing, applying spam policy. | NO (listen on 127.0.0.1 by default) |
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10027 | Amavisd-new | Used by mlmmj mailing list manager, it bypasses spam/virus/header/banned checks by default, but have DKIM signing enabled. | NO (listen on 127.0.0.1 by default) |
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10028 | Postfix | Used by Amavisd-new to handle email message sent by mlmmj mailing list manager. Introduced in iRedMail-0.9.9. | NO (listen on 127.0.0.1 by default) |
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9998 | Amavisd-new | Used to manage quarantined emails. | NO (listen on 127.0.0.1 by default) |
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7777 | iRedAPD | Postfix policy service for greylisting, whitelisting, blacklists, throttling, etc | NO (listen on 127.0.0.1 by default) |
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7778 | iRedAPD | SRS sender address rewritting. | NO (listen on 127.0.0.1 by default) |
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7779 | iRedAPD | SRS recipient address rewritting. | NO (listen on 127.0.0.1 by default) |
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7790 | http | mlmmjadmin | RESTful API server used to manage mlmmj mailing lists. Introduced in iRedMail-0.9.8. | NO (listen on 127.0.0.1 by default) |
7791 | http | iredadmin | iRedAdmin (standalone uwsgi instance). Introduced in iRedMail-0.9.9. | NO (listen on 127.0.0.1 by default) |
20000 | SOGo | SOGo groupware | NO (listen on 127.0.0.1 by default) |
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11211 | Memcached | A distributed, high performance memory object caching system. Currently used by only SOGo Groupware. | NO (listen on 127.0.0.1 by default) |
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12340 | Dovecot | Dovecot quota status. Introduced in iRedMail-1.0. | NO (listen on 127.0.0.1 by default) |
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24242 | Dovecot | Dovecot service status. Introduced in iRedMail-0.9.8. | NO (listen on 127.0.0.1 by default) |
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19999 | Netdata | Netdata monitor. Introduced in iRedMail-0.9.8. | NO (listen on 127.0.0.1 by default) |
Note
In iRedMail-0.9.2 and earlier releases, Policyd or Cluebringer listens on port 10031. They have been removed in iRedMail-0.9.3, and replaced by iRedAPD.
Port 465, a.k.a. SMTP over SSL, has been deprecated for years. Please use port 587 instead.