How to create mail accounts in bulk using CLI in Plesk for Linux?

Question

How to create mail accounts in bulk using CLI in Plesk for Linux?

Answer

The following command can iterate through a list of email addresses and create them using the command-line Mail utility:

1. Connect to the server via SSH

2. Create a list of mail addresses to be created with one mail address per line as in the following example:

   # cat maillist.txt
   jane_doe@example.com
   john_doe@example.com
   mike_doe@example.com

   Note: In this example, maillist.txt is the name of the file containing the mail address list.

3. Run the following command on the same directory where the file is located. This will iterate the list and create the accounts included in the file:

   # for i in `cat maillist.txt`; do plesk bin mail --create $i -mailbox true; done

   The output should look like the following:

   SUCCESS: Creation of mailname 'jane_doe@example.com' complete
   SUCCESS: Creation of mailname 'john_doe@example.com' complete
   SUCCESS: Creation of mailname 'mike_doe@example.com' complete

4. Once accounts are created, each email owner will have to set a password at Domains > example.com > Mail > Email Addresses > john_doe@example.com > Password.

Additional Information

• How to create an email account in Plesk
• Command-Line Utilities, Plesk for Linux - Mail Account