Cannot create time limited alias's

chrissquartz

Simpily, when I try to create a time limited alias (via the api as I can’t find it on the mailcow ui anywhere)

I get the following error (using swagger to test)

[
  {
    "type": "danger",
    "log": [
      "mailbox",
      "add",
      "time_limited_alias",
      {
        "username": "info@domain.tld",
        "domain": "domain.tld"
      },
      null
    ],
    "msg": "access_denied"
  }
]

esackbauer

chrissquartz I can’t find it on the mailcow ui

Log in as your user into mailcow UI (not as admin!), the second tab is called “temporary e-mail aliases”
Does it work there?

DocFraggle

chrissquartz username": “info@domain.tld”,
“domain”: “domain.tld”

I guess in this case ‘username’ isn’t the whole email address but only the first part before the @, in your case ‘info’

chrissquartz

esackbauer so ill need to create another user that isnt admin?

esackbauer

chrissquartz so ill need to create another user that isnt admin?

An alias is always assigned to a mailbox (which will hold the received e-mails for this alias), and the administrator has no mailbox.
Therefore (if you are using the GUI) you need to open the mailcow UI with the mailbox account you want to receive the e-mails sent to the time limited alias.