Self hosting Email

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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.

  • I selfhost my email in a DO droplet with mailinabox.email. Love it. Zero tinkering so far, no missed emails, my email doesn't get spam boxed (afaik, I don't send a ton of email anymore).

  • docker-mailserver

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

  • I have tried many different approaches over the years with mixed success. I am currently running docker-mailserver and it is a great easy to setup mail server. I then use mailjet for my outgoing emails so they do not get flagged as spam.

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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  • power-mailinabox

    A Mail-in-a-Box with extra capabilities and more customizability. Not just for power users!

  • I used Power Mail-in-a-box (https://github.com/ddavness/power-mailinabox) a fork of mailinabox with some features that were pretty useful. Especially with SMTP relay, email delivery wasn't an issue for us.

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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