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+#!/bin/sh
+
+#this script was written based off information from this github issue: https://github.com/LukeSmithxyz/emailwiz/issues/124
+
+#I plan on further expanding the functionality to include adding new domains to the appropriate postfix and opendkim configuration files and finally incorporate everything into the main emailwiz script
+
+address="$1"
+
+#retrieve the system mail name used during the inital postfix setup
+sysmailname=$(cat /etc/mailname)
+
+#the expression "%%@*" means start at the @ symbol, delete it and everything after it
+createunixuser() {
+useradd -m -G mail ${address%%@*}
+passwd ${address%%@*}
+}
+
+#if the address entered doesn't use the system mail name add a virtual alias entry
+#to direct all mail sent to that address to the appropriate user's mailbox
+virtualalias() {
+echo "$address ${address%%@*}" >> /etc/postfix/virtual
+postmap /etc/postfix/virtual
+systemctl reload postfix
+}
+
+#check if the address entered contains the system mail name
+#the expression "##*@" means start at the @ symbol, delete it and everything in front of it
+if [ $sysmailname = ${address##*@} ]; then
+	createunixuser
+else
+	createunixuser
+	virtualalias
+fi
+
+echo "Successfully added $address!"