Guide – How To Start – iRedMail – IMAP, SMTP, POP3 Mail Server Ubuntu 20.04

iRedMail simplifies email server deployment on Ubuntu 20.04 by providing a comprehensive suite of services including IMAP, SMTP, and POP3, ensuring efficient communication and collaboration for businesses and organizations.

This is a quick deployment and ready-to-run image.

Simple and rapid installation. Easy to maintain.

Configuration and Connection to iRedMail – IMAP, SMTP, POP3 Mail Server Ubuntu 20.04

  1. Static IP address – Your virtual machine should have the static IP address if you want to constantly change the domain settings (because if the address is dynamic, after the rebooting of the machine it’ll change to the static one).

You should allow access by port TCP – 25, 80, 110, 143, 443, 587, 993, 995, which you can do in the properties of the Azure firewall network.

The instructions on how to change the Azure VM address to the static one https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/assign-static-public-ip-address-to-azure-vm/

  1. After creating the machine, it’s possible to get access to the web panel either directly through the IP address or by adding to the domain MX records

The instructions on how to do that:

Google Domain – https://support.google.com/a/answer/6248174?hl=en

Namecheap – https://protonmail.com/support/knowledge-base/dns-records-namecheap/

GoDaddy – https://www.godaddy.com/help/what-is-an-mx-record-324

iRedMail MX setup information https://docs.iredmail.org/setup.dns.html#mx

(For your site, where you’ve bought the domain – please, google “youdomainSeller add MX records” or contact seller customer support)

(Please, consider that it’s better to use the static IP address for the mail server)

(Sometimes it takes up to 24 hours to activate the MX records)

  1. Access to the inbox – through the web-panel 
  1. Login to the admin panel:

– Web admin panel (iRedAdmin): https://your_VM_IP/iredadmin/

(http://youdomain.com/iredadmin/)

Default values:

– Username: postmaster@example.com

– Password: postmasterpwd

  1. Change the default password on this page Admins → Edit account profile.
  1. After you have opened the window of settings, go to the “Password” tab. Type the new password and save the changes.
  1. Add the domain name in the admin panel.
  1. Login to the mailbox (test account).
  1. After that, you need to configure the mail server:

 – Roundcube’s webmail: https://your_VM_IP/mail/ (http://youdomain.com/mail) (https://YouIP.com/mail)

Here you should enter the data that was changed before, in our case these are:

– Username: postmaster@example.com

– Password: postmasterpwd

  1. The password change for the mailbox (not for the admin’s account)

Settings → Password → Type the current password → Type the new password → Save

The default password: postmasterpwd

For access to the mailbox through the mail client and for more details, please see the topic “Configure mail client applications” on page https://docs.iredmail.org/ or use these links:

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