mailcow
7.4#1 in mail server softwareFrom €8.90 a monthFree planAndroidiOSWebLinux
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What both publish
| Fact | mailcow | Mailu |
|---|---|---|
| Administration | The mailcow web interface lets administrators create domains and email addresses and manage most settings. | Admin features include global administrators, announcements, per-domain delegation, and quotas. |
| Integrations | The documentation lists client setup guides for Android, Apple macOS/iOS, eM Client, KDE Kontact, Outlook, and Thunderbird. | The documentation describes Nextcloud authentication through IMAP and calendar and address-book access through Radicale using WebDAV/CardDAV/CalDAV clients. |
| Product | mailcow: dockerized is an open-source groupware and email suite based on Docker. | Mailu is a free software mail server distributed as a set of Docker images. |
| Requirements | The documented minimum is 1 GHz CPU, 6 GiB RAM plus 1 GiB swap, and 20 GiB disk excluding email storage; x86_64 and ARM64 are listed architectures. | The documentation lists minimum memory and swap of 1 GB each without ClamAV, or 3 GB memory and 1 GB swap with ClamAV. |
| Security | Two-factor authentication options include YubiKey OTP, WebAuthn, and TOTP. | Listed security features include enforced TLS, DANE, MTA-STS, Let's Encrypt, outgoing DKIM, antivirus scanning, and blocking malicious attachments. |
| Support | Commercial support is available through Servercow, while community support is voluntary, best-effort, and not guaranteed. | The project directs simple questions to its Matrix room, complex questions to GitHub discussions, and bug reports to GitHub issues; it describes itself as mostly developed in contributors' free time. |
mailcow plans
- mailcow: dockerizedFree
- shared mailcow€8.90 a month
- Ticket Support (Level 1)€45.90 a month
- managed mailcow€54.90 a month
- Telefon Support (Level 2)€105.90 a month
- Remote Support (Level 3)€165.90 a month
Mailu plans
- MailuFree
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