Powermta 60r3 Install Page

processes 4 max-smtp-out 200 max-queue-size 5G

rpm -qa | grep -i powermta
ls -la /etc/pmta/   # config directory
ls -la /opt/pmta/   # binaries, license, tools

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Create or edit /etc/pmta/config (or /etc/pmta/pmta.conf depending on install). Minimal example: powermta 60r3 install

<listener smtp>
  ip 0.0.0.0
  port 25
  address 0.0.0.0
</listener>
<domain *>
  max-msg-rate 1000
</domain>
<virtual-mta vmta-default>
  smtp-source-ip 1.2.3.4
  max-smtp-out 20
</virtual-mta>
<queue>
  spool-dir /var/spool/pmta
  max-queue-size 100000
</queue>
license-file /etc/pmta/license/pmta.lic

Adjust IPs, rates, spool paths, and vMTA settings to your environment and sending volume. processes 4 max-smtp-out 200 max-queue-size 5G rpm -qa

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Navigate to the directory containing the package. Create or edit /etc/pmta/config (or /etc/pmta/pmta

For RPM-based systems (RHEL/CentOS):

sudo rpm -ivh PowerMTA-6.0r3.x86_64.rpm

For Tarball installation (Universal):

tar -xzvf PowerMTA-6.0r3.tar.gz
cd PowerMTA-6.0r3
sudo ./install.sh

The installer will extract the binaries, create the necessary user (pmta), and set up the default directories.

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