Is a 'dumb' self-hosted email server possible.

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

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  • maddy

    ✉️ Composable all-in-one mail server.

  • You could setup a receive only mailserver relatively easily using Maddy (https://github.com/foxcpp/maddy) with a domain name MX record pointed to your server.

  • Two of them I've used are erine.email - of which I've only scratched the surface - and its inspiration, which I have used for almost 20 years - spamgourmet - I haven't used the self-hosted version, but it's available.

  • SurveyJS

    Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

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  • inbucket

    Disposable webmail server (similar to Mailinator) with built in SMTP, POP3, RESTful servers; no DB required.

  • This is what you need inbucket

  • free-email-forwarding

    The best free email forwarding for custom domains. Visit our website to get started (SMTP server)

  • I use https://forwardemail.net/ to catch all email addresses from some domains I own, and forward them to one account.

  • 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.

  • Yes I’m using mailinabox. https://mailinabox.email/

  • Haraka

    A fast, highly extensible, and event driven SMTP server

  • Haraka (https://haraka.github.io/) is a plugin-based mailserver written in JavaScript. I've messed with postfix before but found Haraka easier because instead of arcane configuration files I can just read, copy, and tweak a plugin to suit my needs. Policies for receiving, storing, forwarding, and ignoring mail can be arbitrarily complex.

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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