Mail Server : Add Mail User Accounts2021/05/21 |
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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=$HOME/Maildir/' >> /etc/profile.d/mail.sh # add an OS user [ubuntu] root@mail:~# adduser ubuntu |
| [2] | Login as a user added in [1] and try to send an email. |
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# send to myself [mail (username)@(hostname)] ubuntu@mail:~$ mail ubuntu@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 ubuntu@mail:~$ mail "/home/ubuntu/Maildir/": 1 message 1 new >N 1 ubuntu Thu May 20 08:03 13/455 Test Mail#1 # input the number you'd like to see an email ? 1 Return-Path: <ubuntu@mail.srv.world> X-Original-To: ubuntu@localhost Delivered-To: ubuntu@localhost Received: by mail.srv.world (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A8C4A122921; Thu, 20 May 2021 02:03:53 -0600 (CST) To: <ubuntu@localhost> Subject: Test Mail#1 X-Mailer: mail (GNU Mailutils 3.11.1) Message-Id: <20210520080353.A8C4A122921@mail.srv.world> Date: Thu, 20 May 2021 02:03:53 -0600 (CST) From: ubuntu <ubuntu@mail.srv.world> This is the first mail. # to quit, input [q] ? q Saved 1 message in /home/ubuntu/mbox Held 0 messages in /home/ubuntu/Maildir/ |
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