Openwebmail postfix

A classic combination!

OpenWebMail is a web-based email client that can be used with Postfix, a popular open-source mail transfer agent (MTA). Here's a brief overview of how to set up OpenWebMail with Postfix:

Prerequisites:

Postfix installed and configured on your server.
OpenWebMail installed on your server (you can download it from the official website).
A database management system (DBMS) like MySQL or PostgreSQL installed and configured on your server.

Step 1: Configure Postfix

Edit the Postfix configuration file /etc/postfix/main.cf and add the following lines:

mydestination = yourdomain.com
myhostname = yourdomain.com
myorigin = $myhostname

Replace yourdomain.com with your actual domain name.

Step 2: Configure OpenWebMail

Edit the OpenWebMail configuration file /etc/openwebmail/config.pl and update the following settings:

$cfg{'db_type'} = 'mysql'; # or 'pgsql' if you're using PostgreSQL
$cfg{'db_host'} = 'localhost';
$cfg{'db_name'} = 'openwebmail';
$cfg{'db_user'} = 'openwebmail';
$cfg{'db_pass'} = 'your_password';

Replace localhost with the hostname or IP address of your DBMS server, and your_password with a strong password for the OpenWebMail database user.

Step 3: Create the OpenWebMail database

Create a new database for OpenWebMail using your DBMS's command-line tool or a GUI client. For example, with MySQL:

CREATE DATABASE openwebmail;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON openwebmail.* TO 'openwebmail'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password';

Step 4: Configure Postfix to use OpenWebMail

Edit the Postfix configuration file /etc/postfix/main.cf and add the following lines:

virtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual

Create a new file /etc/postfix/virtual with the following contents:

@yourdomain.com    openwebmail

This sets up a virtual alias for @yourdomain.com to forward emails to OpenWebMail.

Step 5: Restart Postfix and OpenWebMail

Restart the Postfix service to apply the changes:

sudo service postfix restart

Restart the OpenWebMail service to apply the changes:

sudo service openwebmail restart

Step 6: Access OpenWebMail

Open a web browser and navigate to http://yourdomain.com/openwebmail (replace yourdomain.com with your actual domain name). You should see the OpenWebMail login page. Log in with the default username and password (usually admin and password).

That's it! You should now be able to access your email account using OpenWebMail with Postfix.

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