How to Install Slimta on EndeavourOS

Slimta is a Python-based mail server that provides SMTP, DKIM, DMARC, and SPF services. In this tutorial, we will go through the process of installing Slimta on EndeavourOS.

Prerequisites

Before we start, we need to make sure our system meets the following requirements:

• EndeavourOS installed on the system.
• Python 3 installed on the system.
• Basic understanding of the Linux command line.

Installing Dependencies

To start the installation process, we need to install some dependencies for Slimta to function properly. We can do this by running the following command in the terminal:

sudo pacman -S openssl postfix dkimpy python-setuptools

This command will install OpenSSL, Postfix, dkimpy, and Python-setuptools packages required by Slimta.

Installing Slimta

Once the dependencies are installed, we can proceed to install Slimta.

1. First, we need to download the latest version of Slimta using the following command:

curl -sL https://github.com/slimta/slimta/archive/refs/tags/v4.0.1.tar.gz | tar -xzv

This command will download and extract the Slimta source code to the current directory.

2. Next, we need to navigate to the extracted directory and run the following command to install Slimta:

cd slimta-4.0.1
sudo python3 setup.py install

This command will install Slimta on our system.

3. After the installation is complete, we can start Slimta by running the following command in the terminal:

sudo slimta start

This command will start the Slimta mail server.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to install Slimta on EndeavourOS. Slimta provides a robust and secure mail server with support for SMTP, DKIM, DMARC, and SPF. With Slimta, we can easily set up a powerful mail server on our EndeavourOS system.

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