Add Email Account in your Linux Server

Assuming email server (for example, sendmail) is installed.

Step 1: add an entry to /etc/mail/virtusertable like:
user@domain.com user

Step 2: create a normal user in the system.
# sudo useradd user -s /sbin/nologin

(It is not necessary to have a home directory for this user!!!).

Step 3: specify the password for the user:
# sudo passwd user

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