How to Install Emailwiz on FreeBSD

Emailwiz is an email server setup script that helps to automate and simplify the process of setting up an email server. Here's a step-by-step tutorial on how to install emailwiz on FreeBSD:

Prerequisites

Before you proceed with the installation, ensure that you have the following:

  • A FreeBSD Latest system
  • Root privileges, or access to a user with sudo privileges

Installation

  1. Install the dependencies

Emailwiz requires several dependencies to be installed, including Python and OpenSMTPD. To install them, log in to your FreeBSD system and run the following command:

sudo pkg install python39 py39-setuptools opensmtpd
  1. Clone emailwiz

After installing the dependencies, clone the emailwiz repository from Github. To do this, run the following command:

sudo git clone https://github.com/LukeSmithxyz/emailwiz.git /usr/local/emailwiz
  1. Run the installation script

Once you've cloned the emailwiz repository, navigate to the directory where it was cloned to /usr/local/emailwiz. To do this, run the following command:

cd /usr/local/emailwiz

After navigating to the directory, run the emailwiz installation script:

sudo sh emailwiz.sh

Post-Installation Steps

After running the installation script, some additional steps are required to complete the setup process:

  1. Configure DNS settings

Ensure that your DNS settings are configured to accept email from your domain. The DNS settings can be configured through your domain registrar, or through the hosting platform where your DNS server is hosted.

  1. Secure connections with SSL/TLS

Emailwiz supports secure connections with SSL/TLS. To enable SSL/TLS, obtain an SSL certificate from a trusted certificate authority (CA), and configure your email server to use it.

Conclusion

That's it! You've successfully installed Emailwiz on FreeBSD. With Emailwiz, it's easy to set up an email server with configurations for both OpenSMTPD and Dovecot IMAP.