Archive Emails using "always_bcc" Setting in Postfix

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∟Archive Emails using "always_bcc" Setting in Postfix

This section provides a tutorial example on how to duplicate and archive emails using the 'always_bcc' configuration setting in Postfix.

In certain situations, you may want keep a copy of each and every email that comes to your email server for archiving purposes. Here is how you can do it using the "always_bcc" setting.

1. Create user "archive" as the BCC mailbox owner.

herong$ sudo adduser archive

herong$ sudo passwd archive

2. Turn on "always_bcc" configuration setting.

herong$ sudo vi /etc/postfix/main.cf
  always_bcc = archive

herong$ sudo systemctl restart postfix

3. Send a test email to the SMTP service.

4. Look at "archive" mailbox. I see a copy of the email.

herong$ sudo cat /home/archive/Maildir/new/1606200348.Vfd02I202e0e1M6...
Return-Path: <herong@example.com>
X-Original-To: archive@herongyang.com
Delivered-To: archive@herongyang.com
Received: from (unknown [192.168.1.11])
  by mail.herongyang.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EF4B9266002F

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