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Poste.io

Poste.io is a free self-hosted mail server that provides POP3, SMTP, IMAP, spam filtering, WebMail, and web administration for individuals and small teams.

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Poste.io is a free self-hosted mail server that provides POP3, SMTP, IMAP, spam filtering, WebMail, and web administration for individuals and small teams.

Platform availability

Available on 2 of 6 install platforms

  • Unraid
  • TrueNAS (not listed)
  • Umbrel (not listed)
  • ZimaOS
  • Proxmox (not listed)
  • Helm (not listed)

Also on Docker Hub

Health score

15/100 Low

Maintained
0GitHub repository no longer exists
Popular
No data
Easy to install
452 install platforms, install notes, Docker image
Light to run
No data

Based on 2 of 4 factors.

How is this calculated?

A 0-100 score computed nightly from four factors: maintained (40%: recent commits and steady activity), popular (25%: GitHub stars, log scale), easy to install (20%: platforms, install notes, setup guides, Docker image) and light to run (15%: minimum RAM, ARM support). Factors without data are left out and the rest are rescaled.

Availability: platform listings confirmed today, links checked 9 days ago

No GitHub repository data collected yet.

Checked 10 days ago - source: GitHub (BigBearTechWorld/poste-io)

Resources & Compatibility

ARM (e.g. Raspberry Pi) is not supported.

Checked 9 days ago - source: Docker Hub image tags and published docs

First-install notes

  • Set your Canada Post API key Add your Canada Post API key (the code that lets the app use the service) to the Key field or query parameter the app sends; without a valid key, the service rejects requests and no address suggestions are returned. source
  • Find suggestions, then Retrieve details Use the Find service to get short address suggestions, then send the Id (the short code that identifies a suggestion) from that result to Retrieve to get full street, city, and postal code; without Retrieve you only have a partial address. source
  • Initial setup Poste.io needs a registered FQDN for external mail. It uses mail ports 25, 110, 143, 443, 465, 587, 993, and 995, and web UI ports 443 and 8280. Create a user share for mail data and open or forward required ports. Set HTTPS=OFF before the image name if using a reverse proxy. source

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Checked 6 days ago - source: AlternativeTo

Common questions

Which Docker image should a self-hoster use for the free version of Poste?

The free version uses the public analogic/poste.io image. The Pro version uses a private repository image and requires a repository login.

Which host path should be mounted as the Poste data directory?

Mount a host data directory to /data inside the container, such as /your-data-dir/data:/data. Free and Pro use the same data directory structure.

How can I follow container logs after startup?

Use docker logs -f mailserver after starting the container. This follows the log output using the container name from the getting-started example.

Answers sourced from poste.io

Community

Collected 9 days ago - public community threads