Tutorial: How to Install Briefkasten on POP! OS Latest

In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Briefkasten on POP! OS Latest. Briefkasten is a lightweight and secure self-hosted mail submission API that can be used to forward emails to multiple recipients.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure you have the following prerequisites:

• A computer running POP! OS Latest
• A command-line interface (Terminal)

Step 1: Install Dependencies

To install Briefkasten on POP! OS Latest, you need to install the following dependencies:

• Postfix
• Python3

To install the dependencies, run the following command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install postfix python3

Step 2: Install Briefkasten

To install Briefkasten, you can either download the source code or clone the repository from GitHub. Here, we'll clone the repository.

1. Open the Terminal and navigate to the directory where you want to install Briefkasten.
2. Clone the Briefkasten repository by running the following command:

git clone https://github.com/ndom91/briefkasten.git

Step 3: Configure Briefkasten

After installing Briefkasten, you need to configure it. This involves setting up the mail submission API and defining the email addresses that you want to forward the emails to.

1. Open the Terminal and navigate to the Briefkasten directory.

cd briefkasten

2. Copy the sample configuration file to create a new configuration file.

cp config/config.example.yml config/config.yml

3. Open the config.yml file with any text editor and change the configuration settings according to your needs.

nano config.yml

4. Save the changes and exit the text editor.

Step 4: Run Briefkasten

Once you have configured Briefkasten, you are ready to run it. Run the following command:

python3 briefkasten.py

This starts Briefkasten and it will listen on port 9000 by default. You can verify that it is running by opening a web browser and navigating to http://localhost:9000/.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Briefkasten on POP! OS Latest. You can now use it to forward emails to multiple recipients.

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