HF PanelServer mailboxes
Open admin@yourdomain.com and the server's other mailboxes in webmail, reset their passwords and manage the role addresses.
The Server mailboxes screen is where the mail of your server's own domain lives: the mailbox
admin@yourdomain.com the installer makes, any other mailboxes of that domain, and the role addresses
postmaster@, abuse@, hostmaster@, webmaster@, dmarc@, tls@ and security@ with where they go.
Where: Server Admin › Email › Server mailboxes
The server's own domain is the domain of your panel addresses: for server.yourdomain.com it is yourdomain.com.
Sign in to admin@yourdomain.com
The How to sign in card says it all:
| Row | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Webmail | The address of HF Mail, usually https://webmail.yourdomain.com. |
| Username | Your full email address, for example admin@yourdomain.com (with Copy). |
| Password | Shown once at the end of the installation. The installer also keeps it in /root/hostfog-mailboxes.txt, which only root can read. |
| Mail apps | The IMAP and SMTP server names for a mail app on your computer or phone. |
To open a mailbox without its password, click Webmail on its row: HF Mail opens in a new tab, already signed in.
To read the password on the server:
sudo cat /root/hostfog-mailboxes.txt
Each line is the date, the address and the password the installer (or hf-panel company-mail) made.
Tip: lost the password? Click New password on the mailbox's row. The new password is shown once at the top of the screen; the old one stops working.
Manage the mailboxes
| Button | What it does |
|---|---|
| Webmail | Opens the mailbox in HF Mail, signed in, in a new tab. |
| New password | Makes a new random password and shows it once. |
| Manage › Size limit (MB, 0 = unlimited) | The mailbox's storage limit. Click Save. |
| Manage › Delete mailbox | Deletes the mailbox and all its messages. |
To add a mailbox, type a name in New mailbox (for example info), set Size (MB) (2048 by default), tick
send only for an address like no-reply@ that sends but refuses incoming mail, then click Create. The password
is made for you and shown once.
Forwarders and role addresses
Other mail servers write to postmaster@ and abuse@, and DMARC and TLS reports go to dmarc@ and tls@. HF Panel
makes these role addresses and forwards them to the address set at Role addresses forward to in
Settings (by default the administrator's email, or admin@yourdomain.com).
The Forwarders card lists every forwarder of the domain and where it goes; role addresses carry a role address label.
- To add a forwarder, type the Address and Forward to (a full address, or just a name of the same domain such
as
admin), then click Save. - To send one somewhere else, click Edit on its row, change Forward to and click Save. A role address you send elsewhere keeps your choice when the target in Settings changes.
- Remove deletes a forwarder. Role addresses cannot be removed, only sent somewhere else.
Note: when the server's own domain is also a website of a hosting account with email on, these addresses are that account's mailboxes and forwarders. The screen says so, and the account's Email accounts screen shows them too.