AnonAddy is a free and open-source email forwarding service that can be used to protect your real email address from spam and abuse. In this tutorial, we will discuss how to Install AnonAddy on Arch Linux using the command-line interface.
Before proceeding any further, you must have the following prerequisites in place:
AnonAddy is an application that depends on Python, so we need to install it on our system. To do this, Open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo pacman -S python
Once the installation is complete, run the below command to check its version:
python -V
Next, we need to download the AnonAddy source code. You can download the code from the official GitHub repository using the following command:
git clone https://github.com/anonaddy/anonaddy.git
AnonAddy requires additional Python packages for installation. To install them, navigate to the downloaded source code directory and run the following command:
pip3 install -r requirements.txt --user
Create a virtual environment to run the AnonAddy program outside of your operating system and prevent any dependency-related errors. So, navigate to the AnonAddy source code directory and enter the following commands:
virtualenv -p python3 ~/.anonaddy
source ~/.anonaddy/bin/activate
After activating the virtual environment, AnonAddy is ready for configuration. You need to fill out the .env file with the necessary detail. Run the following command to create your .env file; you can change the details as per your needs.
cp .env.example .env
Open the .env file and edit the parameters:
nano .env
APP_ENV=production
APP_DEBUG=false
APP_URL=https://mail.example.com
...
After completing the configuration, you can deploy the app to make it accessible via a web server. Enter the following command to start the development server on a specific port:
python3 manage.py runserver 127.0.0.1:8000
We have just gone through the process of Installing AnonAddy on Arch Linux. You may now test your installation by creating and forwarding emails. You can also install AnonAddy using Docker if you prefer a containerized environment.
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