How to Install MailyGo on Ubuntu Server Latest

MailyGo is a simple and lightweight SMTP server written in Go. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the installation process of MailyGo on Ubuntu Server Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we start, please make sure you have the following:

• Ubuntu Server Latest
• Access to the command line with root or sudo privileges
• Basic knowledge of how to use a Linux terminal

Step 1: Install Go

First, we need to install the Go programming language, which is required to compile MailyGo.

1. Install the Go package:

   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get install golang
   

2. Verify the installation by checking GO version:

   go version
   

Step 2: Download and build MailyGo

Next, we will download and build the MailyGo source code using the following commands:

1. Clone the MailyGo repository:

   git clone https://codeberg.org/jlelse/MailyGo.git
   

2. Navigate to the cloned directory:

   cd MailyGo
   

3. Build the MailyGo binary:

   go build
   

Step 3: Configure MailyGo

Once we have successfully built the MailyGo binary, we need to configure it to allow SMTP connections and specify where to save the emails.

1. Create an mailygo.conf file:

   sudo nano /etc/mailtoy.conf
   

2. Add the following configuration:

   [server]
   listen = "127.0.0.1:25"
   
   [storage]
   directory = "/var/log/mailygo"
   

   This configuration will allow MailyGo to listen on the loopback address (127.0.0.1) on port 25 and store the emails in the /var/log/mailygo directory.

3. Save and close the file.

Step 4: Start MailyGo

Finally, we will run MailyGo as a daemon process to keep it running in the background even after we logout from the terminal.

1. Start MailyGo using the following command:

   nohup ./MailyGo &
   

   This command will run MailyGo as a background process and redirect its output to nohup.out.

2. Verify that MailyGo is running by checking its process ID:

   ps aux | grep MailyGo
   

   This command will display the process ID (PID) of the MailyGo process.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured MailyGo on your Ubuntu Server Latest.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install MailyGo on Ubuntu Server Latest. We hope that this tutorial helped you to set up your own SMTP server and send emails directly from your server. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to leave them below. Thank you for reading!

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