Mail Server : Add Mail User Accounts2021/07/30 |
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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=$HOME/Maildir' >> /etc/profile.d/mail.sh # add a user [rocky] [root@mail ~]# useradd rocky [root@mail ~]# passwd rocky |
| [2] | Login as a user added in [1] and try to send an email. |
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# send to myself [mail (username)@(hostname)] [rocky@mail ~]$ mail rocky@localhost # input subject Subject: Test Mail#1 # input messages This is the first mail. # to finish messages, input period(.) and Enter . EOT # see received emails [rocky@mail ~]$ mail Heirloom Mail version 12.5 7/5/10. Type ? for help. "/home/rocky/Maildir": 1 message 1 new >N 1 rocky@srv.world Thu Jul 29 21:41 17/520 "Test Mail#1" # input a number you'd like to see an email & 1 Message 1: From rocky@srv.world Thu Jul 29 21:41:10 2021 Return-Path: <rocky@srv.world> X-Original-To: rocky@localhost Delivered-To: rocky@localhost Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2021 21:41:10 -0500 To: rocky@localhost Subject: Test Mail#1 User-Agent: Heirloom mailx 12.5 7/5/10 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: rocky@srv.world Status: R This is the first mail. # to quit, input [q] & q Held 1 message in /home/rocky/Maildir |
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