MailyGo is a free and open-source self-hosted email sender written in the Go programming language. It allows you to send emails through your own SMTP server, instead of relying on a third-party email service. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of MailyGo on NixOS Latest.
Before proceeding with the installation, please make sure you have the following prerequisites installed on your system:
The first step is to clone the MailyGo repository from its official link on the codeberg.org website. This can be easily done from the terminal, just type the following command:
$ git clone https://codeberg.org/jlelse/MailyGo.git
This will download the source code of MailyGo to your local machine.
Since MailyGo is written in Go programming language, we need to compile it first before we can use it. To build MailyGo, navigate to the root directory of your cloned repository, and then execute the following command:
$ go build -o mailygo main.go
This command will generate an executable binary file named mailygo in the current directory.
Once you have built MailyGo, you need to configure it before running it. The configuration file is located in the config.yaml file, open it using your favorite text editor:
$ nano config.yaml
In this file, you need to provide the SMTP server details and the email account credentials that MailyGo will use to send emails. Update the following fields in the config.yaml file:
SMTPServer: smtp.gmail.com
SMTPPort: 587
SMTPUsername: youremail@gmail.com
SMTPPassword: yourpassword
From: youremail@gmail.com
Make sure you replace the placeholders with the correct details.
After completing the configuration, you can start MailyGo by running the following command:
$ ./mailygo
This command will start the MailyGo server, and it will display logs in the terminal. If everything is working correctly, you should see a message indicating that the server is listening on port 8080.
To test MailyGo, open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8080. Now you should see the MailyGo web interface, where you can compose, preview, and send emails.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install and configure MailyGo on NixOS Latest. MailyGo is a powerful tool that allows you to send emails through your own SMTP server, giving you control over your email communication.
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