Mailu is a simple, fast, and secure email server that is easy to deploy and use. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Mailu on FreeBSD Latest.
Before we proceed, you need to have the following requirements:
Follow the steps below to install Mailu on your server:
To ensure that your system has the latest packages, run the following command:
sudo pkg update
sudo pkg upgrade
Mailu requires some packages to be installed on the server. Install them by running the following command:
sudo pkg install python3 py37-pip py37-yaml py37-cffi py37-bcrypt nginx
Mailu is built on Docker, so we need to install it on the server. Run the following command:
sudo pkg install docker
After installing Docker, add your user to the Docker group to avoid using sudo for Docker commands. Run the following command:
sudo pw groupmod docker -m your-username
Logout from the server and log back in for the changes to take effect.
Create a new directory for Mailu and move to it:
sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/mailu
cd /usr/local/mailu
Then, download the Mailu source code by cloning the Git repository:
sudo git clone https://github.com/Mailu/Mailu .
Finally, run the following command to install Mailu:
sudo ./setup.py
After installing Mailu, you need to configure it based on your preferences. The configuration files can be found in the /usr/local/mailu/data directory.
First, open the mailu.env file and edit it with your configuration:
sudo nano /usr/local/mailu/data/mailu.env
Make sure to replace example.com with your domain name.
Next, open the config/postfix/accounts.yml file and add the email accounts that you want to create:
sudo nano /usr/local/mailu/data/config/postfix/accounts.yml
For example, to create a new email account user@example.com with the password 123456, add the following lines to the file:
- username: user@example.com
password: '{PLAIN}123456'
name: User
You can also add other settings like aliases, forwarding, and vacation messages.
Once you have configured Mailu, start the Mailu containers by running the following command:
sudo docker-compose up -d
To access the Mailu web interface from a web browser, we need to configure Nginx to act as a reverse proxy server.
First, open the /usr/local/etc/nginx/nginx.conf file and add the following content to it:
http {
upstream mailu {
server localhost:8080;
}
server {
listen 80;
server_name example.com www.example.com;
location / {
proxy_pass http://mailu;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
}
}
}
Make sure to replace example.com with your domain name.
Then, reload the Nginx configuration by running the following command:
sudo service nginx reload
Finally, you can access the Mailu web interface by visiting http://example.com on your web browser, where example.com is your domain name.
By following these steps, you should have successfully installed and configured Mailu on your FreeBSD Latest server. You can now start using it to send and receive emails.
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