Mail Server : Add Mail User Accounts2023/07/07 |
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Add Mail User Accounts to use Mail Service.
This example is for the case you use OS user accounts.
Configure basic Postfix settings, and basic Dovecot settings first. |
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| [1] | To use OS user accounts, that's only adding OS user like follows. |
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# set environment variables to use Maildir root@mail:~# echo 'export MAIL=$HOME/Maildir/' >> /etc/profile.d/mail.sh # add an OS user [debian] root@mail:~# adduser debian |
| [2] | Login as a user added in [1] and try to send an email. |
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# send to myself [mail (username)@(hostname)] debian@mail:~$ mail debian@localhost # input Cc Cc: # input subject Subject: Test Mail #1 # input messages This is the first mail. # to finish messages, push [Ctrl + D] key # see received emails debian@mail:~$ mail "/home/debian/Maildir/": 1 message 1 new >N 1 debian Fri Jul 7 05:35 13/448 Test Mail #1 # input the number you'd like to see an email ? 1 Return-Path: <debian@mail.srv.world> X-Original-To: debian@localhost Delivered-To: debian@localhost Received: by mail.srv.world (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 35D44A03A6; Fri, 7 Jul 2023 00:35:17 -0500 (CDT) To: <debian@localhost> Subject: Test Mail #1 User-Agent: mail (GNU Mailutils 3.15) Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2023 00:35:17 -0500 Message-Id: <20230707053517.35D44A03A6@mail.srv.world> From: debian <debian@mail.srv.world> This is the first mail. # to quit, input [q] ? q Saved 1 message in /home/debian/mbox Held 0 messages in /home/debian/Maildir/ |
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