# Send mail as admin

**URL:** <https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/send-mail-as-admin/16570>\
**Category:** Help with Setup/Upgrade\
**Created:** [June 16, 2026, 8:55am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/send-mail-as-admin/16570 "2026-06-16T08:55:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![netmaster48](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/82dd89/32.png) [@netmaster48](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/netmaster48)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2026, 8:55am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/send-mail-as-admin/16570/1 "2026-06-16T08:55:26Z")

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Hi,

initially I installed MIAB for domain mail.dd.tld with the same hostname.  
Entered admin@mail.dd.tld as a administrator account and everything was fine.

Then after making some account under actual domain (dd.tld) automatic alias admin@dd.tld for admin@mail.dd.tld was made. But historically admin@dd.tld where used for sending mail from administrator’s .

Unfortunately MIAB do not let me send mail from admin@dd.tld anymore and admin@ alias can’t be undone. so the separate mailbox can be made.

Is it fixable somehow? Or how hard is to replace MIAB’s admin account admin@mail.dd.tld with admin@dd.tld?

EDIT: looking at the automatically made forwards, I realized how bad idea was to use admin@ as administrators account name. Can it be changed later? Will it fix sending mail as admin@dd.tld problem? Where admin account details is stored in MIAB anyway?

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**Author:** ![netmaster48](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/82dd89/32.png) [@netmaster48](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/netmaster48)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 9:53am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/send-mail-as-admin/16570/2 "2026-06-18T09:53:09Z")

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I figured it out.  
When manually modify database to allow send mail as [admin@dd.tld](mailto:admin@dd.tld), then it works

# sqlite3 /home/user-data/mail/users.sqlite

sqlite\> UPDATE aliases SET [permitted\_senders='admin@mail.dd.tld](mailto:permitted_senders='admin@mail.dd.tld)’ WHERE [source='admin@dd.tld](mailto:source='admin@dd.tld)’;  
sqlite\> .exit

will see if it lasts and what other consequences come with this, but right now it works.

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**Author:** ![system](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/uploads/default/original/2X/4/4d0933d13c456b7e57f296aa6cc344525b6f0c70.png) [@system](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2026, 9:54am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/send-mail-as-admin/16570/3 "2026-06-25T09:54:05Z")

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