docker-mailserver
A complete mail server with SMTP, IMAP, antispam and antivirus, packaged as a single container.
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About docker-mailserver
docker-mailserver puts a full mail stack into one container image. It handles SMTP and IMAP, supports LDAP, and adds antispam and antivirus filtering. The repository includes example configurations, demo setups, a compose file and a setup script for managing accounts.
It suits people who want to host email for their own domains and already run Docker. There is no web interface, so you add a separate webmail client if you need one. Running any mail server also means handling DNS records and deliverability yourself.
Strengths
- Whole mail stack in one container
- Built-in antispam and antivirus
- LDAP support
- Large, active community with example setups
Limitations
- No webmail or graphical admin interface
- Needs Docker and DNS knowledge to run well
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source.
- License
- Open source, license not stated
- Developer
- The docker-mailserver contributors
- Platforms
- Linux, Self-hosted
- How it runs
- Self-hosted
- Account
- Not required
- Best suited for
- Self-hosters who want a container-based mail server for their own domains
- Categories
- Email clients, IT administration
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to docker-mailserver
Compare allSoftware that can replace docker-mailserver for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
Mailu
A full-featured self-hosted mail server delivered as a set of Docker images.
Mailu is also a Docker-based mail server but adds webmail and a web admin panel with per-domain quotas, though releases are infrequent.
Mox
An all-in-one open-source mail server for low-maintenance self-hosted email.
Mox replaces the container stack with a single program handling SMTP, IMAP and webmail with automatic TLS, but is younger and less widely deployed.
Cyrus IMAP
An open-source email, contacts and calendar server with IMAP, JMAP, CalDAV and CardDAV support.
Cyrus IMAP adds calendars, contacts and JMAP with replication for large sites, but is complex to configure and needs a separate MTA setup.
docker-mailserver as an alternative
Listings that name docker-mailserver as an alternative.
Dovecot
An open-source IMAP and POP3 server that stores mailboxes and serves them to mail clients.
docker-mailserver packages IMAP, SMTP, antispam and antivirus in a single container, but offers no webmail or graphical admin interface.
Similar software
Related functionality, not necessarily a direct replacement.
Postfix
A widely used open-source mail transfer agent for routing and delivering email.
Exim
An open-source mail transfer agent for Unix systems with flexible routing and mail checking.
OpenSMTPD
A free SMTP server from the OpenBSD project for sending and receiving email.
Google Postmaster Tools
Google's web dashboard for checking a sending domain's reputation and mail deliverability to Gmail.
