Courier MTA is a popular mail server software used for sending, receiving, and forwarding email messages. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Courier MTA on POP! OS Latest.
Before you get started with the installation process, make sure that you have the following:
Open a terminal window and update your system to ensure that you have the latest packages installed. Run the following command to update your system:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
Run the following command to install the Courier MTA package:
sudo apt install courier-mta
This will install the required packages for Courier MTA.
Courier MTA is now installed on your system, but you need to configure it to start using it. The main configuration file for Courier MTA is located at /etc/courier/. Open the file /etc/courier/esmtpd using your preferred text editor:
sudo nano /etc/courier/esmtpd
In this file, you can configure various settings such as the maximum message size and the mail domain. Once you have made your changes, save the file and close the editor.
After configuring Courier MTA, you can start the service by running the following command:
sudo systemctl start courier-mta
If you want to ensure that the service starts automatically on system boot, run the following command:
sudo systemctl enable courier-mta
In this tutorial, we showed you how to install Courier MTA on POP! OS Latest. With this software installed, you can receive and send email messages on your POP! OS system.
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