Email Servers Archives

How to Install iRedMail on Ubuntu 22.04

February 8, 2023 by Jeff Wilson

In this tutorial, we will install iRedMail on Ubuntu 22.04 OS with an installation script and explain the process in detail.

iRedMail is an open-source email server software that supports the SMTP, IMAP, and POP3 protocols. With this installation script Nginx, Postfix as a mail transfer agent, Dovecot as IMAP and POP3 server, SpamAssassin as a spam scanner, and ClamAV as a virus scanner are included.

Installing iRedMail on Ubuntu 22.04 is straightforward and may take up to 10 minutes. Let’s get started!

How to Set Up a Mail Server with PostfixAdmin on Debian 11

June 3, 2022December 15, 2021 by Jeff Wilson

Postfix is a free and widely used open-source mail transfer agent. It supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQLite as the database server to store and manage the virtual domains.
PostfixAdmin is a free web-based interface to manage a postfix mail server. With this tool, we can easily add/remove/edit domain names, email accounts, email quotas, email forwarding, etc.

In this tutorial, we will show you how to set up a mail server with PostfixAdmin on Debian 11 (Bullseye) OS.

How to Install RainLoop on Ubuntu 20.04

December 12, 2022October 26, 2020 by Jeff Wilson

In this tutorial, we’ll be showing you how to quickly install the RainLoop email client on your Ubuntu 20.04 VPS, including instructions for both Apache and Nginx setup.

RainLoop Webmail is a simple, modern, and fast web-based email client. Written in PHP, RainLoop provides an easy way to check your emails using your web browser. It comes with full support of both IMAP and SMTP protocols (SSL, STARTTLS), sieve scripts support, integration with Facebook, Google, Twitter, and Dropbox, a multi-level caching system, plugin support, keyboard shortcut support, and many other additional features.

The installation is very simple. If you follow our instructions carefully, you can finish the RainLoop Webmail installation in less than 10 minutes. Let’s get started.

How to Install Roundcube Webmail on Ubuntu 20.04

June 3, 2022October 17, 2020 by Jeff Wilson

In this tutorial, we will be showing you how to install the Roundcube Webmail email client on our latest Ubuntu 20.04 VPS, LTS release (Focal Fossa). Roundcube is a free and open source webmail client.

Roundcube has an intuitive and user-friendly interface translated in more than 80 languages. Its excellent UX makes Roundcube one of the most popular webmail solutions in the world. The installation of Roundcube is pretty easy and it can run on any Linux server with either a LAMP or LEMP stack. It can also run on almost all web servers and database servers. With all of this, let’s start our installation process.

How to Install a Mail Server with PostfixAdmin on Ubuntu 20.04

June 3, 2022August 18, 2020 by Jeff Wilson

In this tutorial, we’ll be covering the process of setting up a mail server with Postfix, Dovecot, Postfixadmin and MariaDB on an Ubuntu 20.04 VPS. But first, what is PostfixAdmin?

PostfixAdmin is an open-source web-based application written in PHP that’s used to create virtual domains and email accounts for a Postfix mail server. Using PostfixAdmin, we can manage mailboxes & aliases, set quotas, configure vacation/out-of-the-office messages, and more. Plus, the web-based interface gives you the user-friendliness of a browser window with a UI.

PostfixAdmin allows us to use virtual email addresses and virtual mailboxes, so we do not need to create a new system user account for each email address. Considering all of these details, PostfixAdmin is a versatile tool and can be used for almost all of your mailing needs. This tutorial goes quite in-depth and may take some time to configure everything properly. Let’s get started with the installation steps.

Set up a Mail Server with PostfixAdmin on Debian 9

June 3, 2022April 29, 2020 by Jeff Wilson

In this tutorial, we will show you how to set up a mail server with PostfixAdmin on a Debian 9 VPS. We will configure a mail server with Postfix, Dovecot, and MariaDB.

PostfixAdmin is a web based GUI to the database that is used by Postfix. You can easily manage your mail server, like adding and removing domains, email accounts, aliases, and quotas through the use of Postfixadmin. The web-based GUI makes these functions and features more accessible, and allows you to change and access information while away from your terminal. Let’s get started.

How to Install RainLoop Webmail on CentOS 7

December 12, 2022April 15, 2019 by Jeff Wilson

“SIMPLE, MODERN, AND FAST” – this is RainLoop’s webmail strong points over other web-based mail clients, according to its developers and maintainers. RainLoop is a web-based email client that provides a fresh, modern design, fast performance, hassle-free installation and upgrades, and many more features, including:

Administrator panel
Emails are accessed directly and not stored on the server
Support for modern mail security protocols
Facebook, Twitter, Google, and Dropbox integration capabilities
Drag-and-Drop enabled interface
Configurable cache system

RainLoop is developed using PHP, and it supports Nginx as the main web server. It provides an open-source (community edition) and a premium version (standard edition). The community edition is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.

In this blog post, we will show you how to install RainLoop Webmail on a CentOS 7 VPS.

How to Use SMTP Server to Send WordPress Emails

June 3, 2022April 14, 2018 by Jeff Wilson

Want to deliver your WordPress emails using a SMTP server? We’ll show you how to use SMTP server to send your WordPress emails. WordPress uses PHP mail function to send emails about new user registrations, updates, comments, contact forms, password reset, etc. Due to the nature of PHP mail function, the originated emails are usually get into junk folder. Some popular email provider like gmail.com, yahoo.com aol.com, hotmail.com, would end up blocking the emails from your WordPress based site. In this tutorial, we will show you how to properly configure WordPress to send emails using SMTP. There are many plugins for doing this, but for now we are going to use Post SMTP plugin. There are some advantages we can take when using this plugin if compared to the other similar ones, like the ability to see email log, ability to export-import configuration, etc.

Difference Between IMAP and POP

July 8, 2022December 7, 2017 by Jeff Wilson

We’ll explain the difference between IMAP and POP. If you are using email services then you have certainly come across the terms POP and IMAP. But, do you know exactly what they mean and which one you need to choose when configuring your local email client? We will tell you the key differences between IMAP and POP so you will be able to choose the right option.

How to Install SquirrelMail on CentOS 7

June 3, 2022June 8, 2017 by Jeff Wilson

We’ll show you How to Install SquirrelMail on CentOS 7. SquirrelMail is one of the most popular Web-based email clients written in PHP. It has built-in pure PHP support for IMAP and SMTP, and it is designed to render all pages in pure HTML 4.0 with no JavaScript required, for maximum compatibility across browsers. Its installation and configuration is pretty simple. Note that if you have a VPS with WHM/cPanel or DirectAdmin, SquirrelMail comes preinstalled and ready to use with these control panels. Installing SquirrelMail on CentOS 7, its not complex task, follow our guide below and you should have it installed in few minutes.