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Mailcow

Self-host

A Docker-based mailserver suite bundling Postfix, Dovecot, SOGo, and a webmail UI behind one config.

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Category
Email · Self-host
Cost
Self-host
Country
Germany
Licensing
FOSS
# PROS AND CONS
+ what works
  • +Full data ownership with no vendor relationship
  • +Active community and regular releases
  • +Reasonable resource footprint for personal or small-team use
− watch out for
  • −Running mail in production is a real operational commitment
  • −Reputation management to avoid spam blacklists takes ongoing attention
  • −Single-host setups have no built-in geographic redundancy
# PRIVACY NOTES

Self-hosting mail keeps message data on infrastructure you control. Mailcow does not phone home or transmit data to third parties. Operational privacy depends on the operator hardening the host, securing TLS, managing DKIM and DMARC, and handling backups responsibly.

# REPLACES
gmail
# TAGS
#docker · #postfix · #dovecot · #foss
# DOES THIS WORK FOR YOU
Did this work for you?

# NOTES FROM PEOPLE WHO TRIED IT

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