Maddy is an open-source mail server that provides users with a fast, modern, and reliable email service. With Maddy, you can easily set up and manage your mail server on POP! OS Latest. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Maddy on your system using the command line.
Before installing Maddy, we need to install some dependencies:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y git cargo cmake build-essential libssl-dev libsodium-dev clang
Now we need to download and build Maddy. Follow the instructions below to do that:
mkdir maddy
cd maddy
git clone https://github.com/foxcpp/maddy.git
cd maddy
cargo build --release
The default configuration file for Maddy is located at /etc/maddy/maddy.conf. You can use this file to configure your mail server according to your requirements. In this tutorial, we will use the default configuration file.
After configuring Maddy, start the server using the following command:
sudo ./target/release/maddy
If you want to run Maddy as a background service, use the following command:
sudo nohup ./target/release/maddy &
To test your Maddy installation, you can use a command-line email client like mailx. Install mailx using the following command:
sudo apt install mailutils
After installing mailx, send a test email to yourself using the following command:
echo "Hello World" | mail -s "Test Email" <your-email-address>
In this tutorial, you learned how to install and configure Maddy mail server on POP! OS Latest. You can now start using Maddy to send and receive emails on your personal or business domain.
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