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+# Courier
+
+Installation and basic configuration of courier.
+
+## Tasks
+
+Minimal configuration is in `tasks/main.yml`
+
+## Available variables
+
+The full list of variables (with default values) can be found in `defaults/main.yml`.
diff --git a/courier/defaults/main.yml b/courier/defaults/main.yml
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+---
diff --git a/courier/handlers/main.yml b/courier/handlers/main.yml
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+---
+- name: restart courier-authdaemon
+  service:
+    name: courier-authdaemon
+    state: restarted
+- name: restart courier-imap
+  service:
+    name: courier-imap
+    state: restarted
+- name: restart courier-imap-ssl
+  service:
+    name: courier-imap-ssl
+    state: restarted
+- name: restart courier-ldap
+  service:
+    name: courier-ldap
+    state: restarted
+- name: restart courier-pop
+  service:
+    name: courier-pop
+    state: restarted
+- name: restart courier-pop-ssl
+  service:
+    name: courier-pop-ssl
+    state: restarted
diff --git a/courier/meta/main.yml b/courier/meta/main.yml
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+galaxy_info:
+  author: Evolix
+  description: Installation and basic configuration of courier.
+
+  issue_tracker_url: https://forge.evolix.org/projects/ansible-roles/issues
+
+  license: GPLv2
+
+  min_ansible_version: 2.0
+
+  platforms:
+  - name: Debian
+    versions:
+    - jessie
+
+dependencies: []
+  # List your role dependencies here, one per line.
+  # Be sure to remove the '[]' above if you add dependencies
+  # to this list.
diff --git a/courier/tasks/main.yml b/courier/tasks/main.yml
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+- name: ensure packages are installed
+  apt:
+    name: '{{ item }}'
+    state: present
+  with_items:
+  - courier-authdaemon
+  - courier-authlib
+  - courier-authlib-ldap
+  - courier-authlib-userdb
+  - courier-base
+  - courier-imap
+  - courier-imap-ssl
+  - courier-ldap
+  - courier-pop
+  - courier-pop-ssl
+  - courier-ssl
+