How to Install EmailRelay on Elementary OS Latest

EmailRelay is a lightweight email filtering and forwarding tool used to filter spam and prevent your email server from getting blacklisted. Here's how to install it on Elementary OS Latest:

  1. Update your system packages by running the following command:
sudo apt-get update
  1. Install the required dependencies:
sudo apt-get install build-essential libsasl2-dev libgnutls28-dev libwrap0-dev libpcre3-dev libdb-dev libexpat-dev
  1. Download EmailRelay by visiting their download page. Alternatively, you can run the following command:
wget https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/emailrelay/emailrelay/1.9.8/emailrelay-1.9.8.tar.gz
  1. Extract the downloaded file by running the following command:
tar zxvf emailrelay-1.9.8.tar.gz
  1. Navigate to the extracted directory:
cd emailrelay-1.9.8
  1. Configure the installation by running the following command:
./configure
  1. Compile and install the software:
make
sudo make install
  1. Create a configuration file for EmailRelay:
sudo nano /etc/emailrelay.conf
  1. Add the following lines to the configuration file:
# Gmail server configuration
SMTP_SERVER="smtp.gmail.com"
SMTP_PORT=587
SMTP_LOGIN="[email protected]"
SMTP_PASSWORD="your_email_password"

# EmailRelay configuration
LISTEN_IP="127.0.0.1"
LISTEN_PORT=8025
FORWARD_TO="[email protected]"

Note: Replace the values for SMTP_LOGIN, SMTP_PASSWORD, and FORWARD_TO with your own values.

  1. Save and close the configuration file.

  2. Start the EmailRelay server by running the following command:

emailrelay -c /etc/emailrelay.conf
  1. Verify that EmailRelay is running by visiting http://127.0.0.1:8025 in your web browser. You should see a page that says "EmailRelay".

Congratulations, you have successfully installed EmailRelay on Elementary OS Latest!