Add Mail Accounts#12017/06/28 |
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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=$HOME/Maildir' >> /etc/profile # add a user [cent] [root@mail ~]# useradd cent [root@mail ~]# passwd cent |
| [2] | Login as a user added in [1] and try to send an email. |
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# send to myself [mail (username)@(hostname)] [cent@mail ~]$ mail cent@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 [cent@mail ~]$ mail Heirloom Mail version 12.5 7/5/10. Type ? for help. "/home/cent/Maildir": 1 message 1 new >N 1 cent Thu Jun 29 16:49 17/530 "Test Mail#1" # input the number you'd like to see an email & 1 Message 1: From cent@srv.world Thu Jun 29 19:49:34 2017 Return-Path: <cent@srv.world> X-Original-To: cent@localhost Delivered-To: cent@localhost.srv.world Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2017 19:49:33 +0900 To: cent@localhost.srv.world Subject: Test Mail#1 User-Agent: Heirloom mailx 12.5 7/5/10 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: cent@srv.world (cent) Status: R This is the first mail. # to quit, input [q] & q Held 1 message in /home/cent/Maildir You have mail in /home/cent/Maildir |
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