Writing an open source mail server from scratch: what are the most import features for a self-hosted mail server?

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Poste.io

#Email #Self-hosted Email #Email Service Provider 46 social mentions

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Roundcube

Regarding the frontend I would rather focus on using an existing one. I.e. Using Roundcube if you want to stay fully traditional or use the Protonmail frontend if you want to create a new FOSS Protonmail with secure defaults.

#Email #SMTP Server #Email Clients 16 social mentions

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Nim (programming language)

Use a modern yet attractive stack that will attract other devs (no C, maybe Rust, Crystal, Nim or Go?).

#Programming Language #Generic Programming Language #OOP 142 social mentions

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NeutronMail

Some folks once started a free implementation of the Protonmail backend in Go. Maybe you want to revive it?

#Email #Email Clients #Email Management 8 social mentions

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Crystal (programming language)

Use a modern yet attractive stack that will attract other devs (no C, maybe Rust, Crystal, Nim or Go?).

#Programming Language #Generic Programming Language #OOP 110 social mentions