Installing Simple NixOS Mailserver on Windows 10

Prerequisites

• Windows 10 operating system
• A command prompt or PowerShell terminal
• Git installed on your system
• Nix package manager installed on your system

Steps

1. Open your command prompt or PowerShell terminal.
2. Run the following command to install Git on your system:

   choco install git
   

   This command will install Git using the Chocolatey package manager.
3. Next, install the Nix package manager by following the steps outlined in this tutorial.
4. Once you have Git and Nix installed, clone the Simple NixOS Mailserver repository by running the following command in your terminal:

   git clone https://gitlab.com/simple-nixos-mailserver/nixos-mailserver.git
   

5. Navigate to the directory containing the cloned repository by running the following command:

   cd nixos-mailserver
   

6. Run the following command to install the mail server:

   nix-env -f mailserver -i mailserver
   

   This command will install the required dependencies and configure the mail server for you.

Conclusion

You have now successfully installed Simple NixOS Mailserver on Windows 10. You should now be able to configure and start your mail server. For more information on how to configure the mail server, please refer to the official documentation.

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