Alternative to MailCow

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on /r/selfhosted

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  • Mail-in-a-Box

    Mail-in-a-Box helps individuals take back control of their email by defining a one-click, easy-to-deploy SMTP+everything else server: a mail server in a box.

  • The closest direct competitor to mailcow would be mailinabox. But I am not sure what the memory profile of that is going to be.

  • Mailu

    Insular email distribution - mail server as Docker images

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  • docker-mailserver

    Production-ready fullstack but simple mail server (SMTP, IMAP, LDAP, Antispam, Antivirus, etc.) running inside a container.

  • I can recommend Docker mailserver (it also works with Podman). It is already pretty lightweight but you can even make it lighter and it has an active community as well as regular updates.

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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