How to create several mailboxes on Plesk server at once using a single command or a script?

Question

How to create several mailboxes at once using a single command or a script in command line?

Answer

Note: This article is intended for use by server administrators. In case there is no administrative SSH or RDP access to the server, contact the server administrator or server provider.

1. Connect to the server using SSH or RDP.

2. Create a file mail.txt with a list of mail addresses and a password for it:

   [email protected] password
   [email protected] password
   ...
   [email protected] password

3. Execute the following script to create mailboxes from the list in command line:

   • for Linux – download, unpack and execute the script createmail.sh:

     # wget https://support.plesk.com/hc/en-us/article_attachments/360014711094/createmail_.tar.gz
     # tar -zxvf createmail_.tar.gz
     # ./createmail.sh mail.txt

   • for Windows:

     C:> for /F “tokens=1,2 delims= ” %i in (c:mail.txt) do plesk bin mail.exe -c %i -passwd %j -mailbox true

   Note: other options, like -mbox_quota, -aliases, -forwarding etc., can be added to the command plesk bin mail in the script. For details on using these options, check the documentation articles: for Linux and for Windows.