[ale] Stalwart email server software: anyone know anything?

[Steve Tynor]

If you haven't already done so, check out https://mailinabox.email/.  
It's dovecot, postfix and nextcloud - but packaged in a plug and play 
installer.

It's fairly opinionated and has limited configuration options, but it 
"just works" and requires very little day to day maintenance. I've been 
host 3 domains on my instance for years (not sure how long - 5+ for 
sure...).

Steve


On 2026-01-10 9:18 PM, Ron via Ale wrote:
>
> Has anyone on this list got hands-on experience with Stalwart email 
> server software?
>
> https://stalw.art/
>
>
> It's an entire email stack written in Rust. Replaces Postfix, Dovecot, 
> OpenDKIM, fail-2-ban, Mailman (has a built-in mailing list, no need 
> for the nightmare that is MM anymore), supports CalDAV, CardDAV, 
> WebDAV, JMAP, IMAP, POP3, anti-spam, Sieve, etc.
>
>
> Web site's really fast, even the management console run from inside a 
> Docker container is fast, well designed, well laid out.
>
>
> It's appealing to shed the 1,000+ options for Postfix, even more for 
> Dovecot, plus all the ancillary tools required to run email.
>
> On the other hand, Postfix & Dovecot are what I know - and learned at 
> great cost (time & frustration), and are where the jobs are.
>
>
>
> What brought me to this is, looking for a way to offer contacts & 
> calendar syncing along with email hosting.
>
> NextCloud was my first choice, but trying to get the AIO (All In One) 
> to support multiple domains in one instance is not well supported as 
> best I can tell.
>
>
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