This tutorial will guide you through the installation process of Slimta on OpenBSD. Slimta is a Python-based MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) that is designed to be lightweight and efficient.
Before you start the installation process, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:
You can check whether these prerequisites are met or not by typing the following commands in the terminal:
$ python3 --version
$ pip3 --version
$ pkg_info | grep openssl
If these commands do not return any errors then you are good to go.
Follow these steps to install Slimta on OpenBSD:
$ pip3 install slimta
$ pip3 install slimta[postfix]
$ pip3 install slimta[sendmail]
$ pip3 install slimta[exim]
$ pip3 install slimta[qmail]
Once the installation is complete, you can configure slimta by creating a configuration file in the /etc directory. Here is an example configuration file:
[slimta]
logging = syslog
log_level = INFO
spool_directory = /var/spool/slimta/
relay_host = smtp.example.com
[relay]
username = username
password = password
You can modify the configuration file according to your requirements. To use the configuration file, pass the path to the configuration file as a command line argument to the Slimta executable:
$ slimta -c /etc/slimta.conf
That’s it! You have successfully installed and configured Slimta on OpenBSD. You can now use Slimta as your MTA to send and receive emails with ease.
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