Postal is an open source mail delivery platform that allows you to send and receive emails. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Postal on Linux Mint latest version.
Before installing Postal, make sure you have the following:
You also need to ensure that your system is up-to-date by running the following command:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
Before installing Postal, we need to install some required dependencies. To install the dependencies, run the following command:
sudo apt install -y curl gnupg2 git libcap2-bin systemd software-properties-common
This command will download and install all the dependencies that Postal requires.
After installing the dependencies, we need to add the Postal repository to the system. To do this, run the following command:
echo "deb http://packages.postalserver.io/postal main" |sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/postal.list
This command will add the Postal repository to your system.
Now, that we have added the Postal repository, we can install Postal by running the following command:
sudo curl -s https://packages.postalserver.io/postal.key | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt update && sudo apt install postal
This command will download and install Postal on your system.
After installation, we need to initialize Postal by running the following command:
sudo postal initialize
This will create the database tables required by Postal.
Now that Postal is installed, we need to set it up. To do this, run the following commands:
sudo postal configure-web
sudo systemctl reload postal.service
The first command will configure the web interface, and the second command will reload the Postal service.
To login to the Postal web interface, open your web browser and navigate to the following URL:
http://localhost:5000
You should see the Postal login screen. Enter the default login credentials:
Username: postal
Password: changeme
Once you are logged in, you can change the default password and start using Postal.
In this tutorial, we have guided you through the steps to install Postal on Linux Mint latest version. We hope this tutorial was helpful, and you were able to successfully install Postal on your system.
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