docker-mailserver

A fullstack but simple mail server (smtp, imap, antispam, antivirus...).
Only configuration files, no SQL database. Keep it simple and versioned.
Easy to deploy and upgrade.

Includes:

• postfix with smtp auth
• courier-imap with ssl support
• amavis
• spamassasin
• clamav with automatic updates

Additional informations:

• only config files, no *sql database required
• mails are stored in /var/mail/${domain}/${username}
• email login are full email address (username1@my-domain.com)
• ssl is strongly recommended
• do not add whitespace in $docker_mail_users or $docker_mail_aliases

installation

docker pull tvial/docker-mailserver

build

docker build -t tvial/docker-mailserver .

run

docker run -p "25:25" -p "143:143" -p "587:587" -p "993:993" -e docker_mail_users="username1@my-domain.com|username1password" -h mail.my-domain.com -e docker_mail_domain=my-domain.com -t tvial/docker-mailserver

docker-compose template (recommended)

mail:
  image: tvial/docker-mailserver
  hostname: mail
  domainname: my-domain.com
  ports:
  - "25:25"
  - "143:143"
  - "587:587"
  - "993:993"
  environment:
    docker_mail_domain: "my-domain.com"
    # format is user@domain.tld|clear_password
    docker_mail_users:
      - "username1@my-domain.com|username1password"
      - "username2@my-domain.com|username2password"
    # format is user@domain.tld|list,of,aliases,comma,separated
    docker_mail_aliases:
      - "username1@my-domain.com|alias1,alias2,alias3"
      - "username2@my-domain.com|alias4"

# usage
docker-compose up -d mail

client configuration

# imap
username:  				<username1@my-domain.com>
password:  				<username1password>
server:    				<your-server-ip-or-hostname>
imap port: 				143 or 993 with ssl (recommended)
imap path prefix:		INBOX
auth method:			md5 challenge-response

# smtp
smtp port:				25 or 587 with ssl (recommended)
username:  				<username1@my-domain.com>
password:  				<username1password>
auth method:			md5 challenge-response

todo

Things to do or to improve are stored on Github, some open by myself. Feel free to improve this docker image.

wanna help?

Fork, improve and PR. ;-)