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maddy

✉️ Composable all-in-one mail server.

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What it is

✉️ Composable all-in-one mail server.

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Where it is used

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What people are saying

The relevant issue: https://github.com/foxcpp/maddy/issues/19 > Status update: JMAP is a big complex protocol that is not used by any popular clients and has no server…

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 6:01:08 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by year24 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2020-05-20 18:52:41 UTC to 2025-01-29 15:29:18 UTC.

024682020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 8 mentions; 2 submissions, 6 comments20202021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 0 submissions, 4 comments2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 7 mentions; 1 submissions, 6 comments20222023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 1 submissions, 1 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2025

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20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC826
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC404
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC716
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC211
20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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flippinburgers·Nov 12, 2022
Consider creating a server that gmail forwards mail to. If your server goes down, it goes down. If gmail locks you out of your account, you should be able to continue to receive your important emails. There are docker solutions for running a full stack that can receive and send. https://github.com/docker-mailserver/docker-mailserver#inclu... or single services like https://github.com/foxcpp/maddy that appear to do everything more simply.
In Notmuch – Just an email system
hardwaresofton·Sep 5, 2022
My list[0] being discussed on HN as well[1]: - maddy (https://github.com/foxcpp/maddy) (this is my personal favorite, I'm running at least 6 instances right now) - chasquid (https://blitiri.com.ar/p/chasquid/) - mailu (https://github.com/Mailu/Mailu) - mailinabox (https://github.com/mail-in-a-box/mailinabox) - mailcow (https://github.com/mailcow/mailcow-dockerized) - docker-mailserver (https://github.com/docker-mailserver/docker-mailserver) - Postal (https://docs.postalserver.io/) (more for API driven email apps) - Haraka (https://haraka.github.io/) (SMTP only) - Combine with [WildDuck](https://wildduck.email/)? [0]: https://vadosware.io/post/its-never-been-easier-or-harder-to... [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32720234
In Email Done My Way, Part 0 – The Journey
hardwaresofton·Sep 5, 2022
For those who might choose to run their own email these days, you don't have to postfix + dovecot: https://github.com/foxcpp/maddy https://blitiri.com.ar/p/chasquid/ These options are much easier to set up, will do things like generate DKIM for you, etc. I talk about this a lot[0]. There are positively awesome tools for email out there. [EDIT] - Since I'm repeating myself I've collected all the options into a post[1] I can just link to. [0]: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... [1]: https://vadosware.io/post/its-never-been-easier-or-harder-to...
In After self-hosting my email for twenty-three years I have thrown in the towel
judge2020·Mar 14, 2022
Here's your proof[0]: > Is it caddy for email? > No. It was intended to be one but developers quickly acknowledged the fact email cannot be easily abstracted behind some magic. The only other instances of Caddy are that they copied a "caddyfile lexer" [1] and seemingly a typo in a test[2]. 0: https://github.com/foxcpp/maddy/blob/d08c7f0e3927df64f10db91... 1: https://github.com/foxcpp/maddy/blob/d8cabb932d9e7c3abd056fe... 2: https://github.com/foxcpp/maddy/blob/d8cabb932d9e7c3abd056fe...
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