bulktrade/mailserver repository overview

⁠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 supporting custom rules
• clamav with automatic updates
• opendkim
• opendmarc
• fail2ban
• LetsEncrypt⁠ and self-signed certificates
• optional pop3 server
• integration tests⁠
• automated builds on docker hub⁠

Why I created this image: Simple mail server with Docker⁠

Before you open an issue, please have a look this README, the FAQ⁠ and Postfix documentation.

⁠Usage

# get latest image
docker pull tvial/docker-mailserver

# create a "docker-compose.yml" file containing:  
mail:
  image: tvial/docker-mailserver
  hostname: mail
  domainname: domain.com
  # your FQDN will be 'mail.domain.com'
  ports:
  - "25:25"
  - "143:143"
  - "587:587"
  - "993:993"
  volumes:
  - ./spamassassin:/tmp/spamassassin/
  - ./postfix:/tmp/postfix/

# start he container
docker-compose up -d mail

⁠Managing users and aliases

⁠Users

Users are managed in postfix/accounts.cf.
Just add the full email address and its password separated by a pipe.

Example:

[email protected]|mypassword
[email protected]|myotherpassword

⁠Aliases

Please first read Postfix documentation on virtual aliases⁠.

Aliases are managed in postfix/virtual.
An alias is a full email address that will be:

• delivered to an existing account in postfix/accounts.cf
• redirected to one or more other email adresses

Alias and target are space separated.

Example:

# Alias to existing account
[email protected] [email protected]

# Forward to external email address
[email protected] [email protected]

⁠Environment variables

• DMS_SSL
  • empty (default) => SSL disabled
  • letsencrypt => Enables Let's Encrypt certificates
  • self-signed => Enables self-signed certificates
• ENABLE_POP3
  • empty (default) => POP3 service disabled
  • 1 => Enables POP3 service
• SMTP_ONLY
  • empty (default) => courier daemons might start
  • *1 => do not launch any courier daemons (imap, pop3)
• SA_TAG
  • 2.0 (default) => add spam info headers if at, or above that level
• SA_TAG2
  • 6.31 (default) => add 'spam detected' headers at that level
• SA_KILL
  • 6.31 (default) => triggers spam evasive actions)
• SASL_PASSWORD
  • empty (default) => No sasl_passwd will be created
  • string => A /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd will be created with that content and postmap will be run on it

Please read how the container starts⁠ to understand what's expected.

⁠SSL

Please read the SSL page in the wiki⁠ for more information.

⁠Todo

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

⁠Contribute

• Fork
• Improve
• Add integration tests in test/tests.bats
• Build image and run tests using make
• Document your improvements
• Commit, push and make a pull-request