Tech:Mail

Mail is currently running on misc1 under. The install is a standard postfix and dovecot install with implemented auth controls shared between both. All shell accounts on misc1 automatically become email accounts.

Add new email accounts
Create a new user with a uid between 500-999 with shell set to /sbin/nologin. Example below for john : adduser --shell /sbin/nologin --uid 502 john;

Aliases
Aliases are managed by puppet in the postfix modules (files/aliases).