Knowledge Base

mailserver: Mail Server Settings

The mailserver utility is used to manage Plesk mail server settings.
By using this utility, you can perform the following tasks:

setting the relaying mode for the mail server
setting the maximum message size that can be accepted by the mail
server
enabling, disabling, and configuring spam protection service
enabling, disabling, and configuring outgoing mail control service
setting the IP address for outgoing mail
managing mail server black and white lists

Usage

mailserver <command> [
<option_1> [<param>]
[<option_2> [<param>]]
... [<option_N> [<param>]]
]

Example

The following command sets the relaying mode that requires
authorization, specifies the SMTP authorization type for mail users,
and set the lock time to 10 minutes:

plesk bin mailserver --set-relay auth -auth-type smtp -lock-time 10

Commands

Command	Parameter	Description	Example
`--set-relay`	`closed\|auth`	Specifies the mail relay mode for the mail server. If parameter `auth` is used, requires the `-auth-type` opion.	To set the Plesk mail server relaying mode to “authorization is required” (`auth`): plesk bin mailserver --set-relay auth -auth-type both
`--set-max-letter-size`	`<number>[B\|K\|M\|G]`	Limits the maximum message size that can be accepted by the mail server.	To restrict the maximum message size that can be accepted by the mail server to 2 M: plesk bin mailserver --set-max-letter-size 2M…