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Mail-in-a-Box vs docker-mailserver: catalog facts
Mail-in-a-Box	docker-mailserver
Free Free and open source, self-hosted on your own server.	Free Free and open source.
Linux, Self-hosted	Linux, Self-hosted
Automates the entire setup of a mail server stack on a single Ubuntu box Open source, so the full setup can be audited and self-hosted	Whole mail stack in one container Built-in antispam and antivirus
Requires comfort running and maintaining a Linux server Tied specifically to Ubuntu, limiting deployment flexibility	No webmail or graphical admin interface Needs Docker and DNS knowledge to run well
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026

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