How to Install Mail-in-a-Box on NetBSD

Mail-in-a-Box is a free and open-source email server software that allows you to easily set up your own email server with a webmail interface. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Mail-in-a-Box on NetBSD.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with this tutorial, you will need:

• A fresh installation of NetBSD
• Root access to the server
• At least 2GB of memory and 10GB of disk space
• A fully-qualified domain name (FQDN) pointed to the server's IP address

Steps

1. Install Required Dependencies

Mail-in-a-Box requires the following dependencies to be installed on your NetBSD server:

sudo pkgin update
sudo pkgin install git python37 ca_root_nss

2. Clone Mail-in-a-Box Repository

To clone Mail-in-a-Box repository, run the following command:

git clone https://github.com/mail-in-a-box/mailinabox.git

3. Run Mail-in-a-Box Setup Script

cd mailinabox
sudo ./setup.sh

This script will guide you through the process of installing Mail-in-a-Box.

4. Configure Mail-in-a-Box

After installation is complete, you need to configure Mail-in-a-Box:

sudo mailinabox

This will bring up the Mail-in-a-Box web interface, where you can configure the email address and other settings.

5. Testing

Once you have configured Mail-in-a-Box, you can test it by sending an email to the email address you created. You should be able to receive the email in your Mail-in-a-Box inbox.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Mail-in-a-Box on NetBSD!