Use external E-mail server for debian.net subdomain with Sakura Mailbox service

If you want to set up debian.net subdomain, you may setup E-mail server on your own. But if there is not afford to setup it by yourself, you need external E-mail server.

In this article, I'll explain how to use external mailbox service - Sakura Mailbox service.

Prerequisite

  • Owner of debian.net subdomain (fabre.debian.net)
  • Have an account of Sakura mailbox service

www.sakura.ne.jp

I've chosen Sakura mailbox service because of maintainance cost (87yen/month)

Configure dnsZoneEntry

Set dnZoneEntry, it means that gpg --clearsign and send to changes@db.debian.org. Here is an example for fabre.debian.net.

fabre IN A 140.227.125.189
mail.fabre IN A 49.212.207.226
fabre IN MX 10 mail.fabre.debian.net.

140.227.125.189 is Web server (https://fabre.debian.net) and 49.212.207.226 is E-mail server (Sakura mailbox service) for my case.

Note that It varies for your case.

DebianDotNet - Debian Wiki

Configure Sakura mailbox service

Set fabre.debian.net subdomain without transfer in Domain/SSL menu. Then create each account for @fabre.debian.net. After a while, you can use xxx@fabre.debian.net E-mail account. Yay!